Performed by Mark Chesnutt
Written by Bobby Braddock and Rafe VanHoy
Bright Western Swing
Intro: E/E/A/A/E/B7/E/E/
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I left town two years ago and moved on up to Idaho
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But swore that I'd be back again pick up where I left off, oh man
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Left behind some lovely ladies, grown up sexy Texas babies
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I got back in town tonight an-tic-i-pat-ing much delight
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I pulled out my black book and called up my old lovers
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Well, I got five newlyweds and two expectant mothers
CHORUS
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All my old flames have new names
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Well, there's a lot of girls in town
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Who tied the knot and settled down
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I thought I'd start a fire
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With some of my old flames
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But they've all got new names
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My sexy little dirt road sport is now called Mrs. Davenport
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My pretty little black-eyed Suzy's now Ms. Susan Van der Hoosie
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Rosie, who could blow my mind is Sister Rose on channel 9
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The wildest lover of my life is now a federal judges wife
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They don't want to recognize this old familiar face
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I'm just a bad reminder of the wild and wooly days
CHORUS
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All my old flames have new names
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Well, there's a lot of girls in town
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Who tied the knot and settled down
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I thought I'd start a fire
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With some of my old flames
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But they've all got new names
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