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Myles Alannah The Very Best Of

Mississippi in the middle of a dry spell Jimmy Rogers on the Victrola up high Mama's dancin' with baby on her shoulder The sun is settin' like molasses

Little tramp comin' up the strip With a hundred dollar smile Sparks flyin' off her fingertips Drive the young cop wild Some nights are wound so tight

Why do I feel like I'm losing you? Will it ever become what I've always wanted it to? You tell me I'm the lucky one, how can you say that? When it breaks

Hard to get, impossible to hold Straight as an arrow like a burnin? fuse In the long cold dawn by the side of the road A hopeless case, a perfect thing

Sonny say you will Take me strolling with you out on the boardwalk 'Cause you know you always make me feel Like we are lovers on parade with a sweet talk

Song instead of a kiss, baby this is a song instead of a kiss For all of you who ache, who long for nights like this Song instead of a touch, darlin

Sweet breeze, blowin' through a summer dress Seen from a window above Captured in the eyes of love Shivers, in the cool forbidden dawn Where the Iris

Why is it so hard to say what's on my mind And why am I so proud Still got this thing for you Hm-m I know you understand but you still need a sign Read

Sonny say you will, take me strolling with you out on the boardwalk 'Cause you know you always make me feel Like we are lovers on parade with your sweet