She was eighteen, had a California dream
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Gettin' out was just a matter of time
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He just turned twenty
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Makin' decent money
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Drivin' nails into railroad ties
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Boy meets girl, girl's plans changed
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That summer into a hell of a fall
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Nah, they didn't have it all together
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But together they had it all
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They had it all
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Love did what it does
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Wasn't even six months
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Ain't ever leavin' shinin' on her left hand
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But that worse or for better
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Forever together
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Started runnin' out of sand
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He was gone on the road
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She was home all alone
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That lonely took a toll on her heart
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Came home early one night
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To surprise her, to find her
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Lost in someone else's arms
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This is the story of Jack and Jill
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How their whole world came tumblin' down
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Heartbreak kills, Jill got on the pills
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And Jack couldn't get off that Crown
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They found their peace
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Somewhere underneath
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The roots of a Sycamore tree
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Yeah, Jack and Jill went downhill
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And ended up on one in Tennessee
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In Tennessee
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Everybody knows that he couldn't let go
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Of that bottle or what she'd done
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He took his last sip, yeah, he finally quit
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That morning he didn't wake up
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She took the news
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With the whites and the blues
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Didn't leave a note, there was no need
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The preacher they used when they said "I do"
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Is reading out of Psalm 23
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23
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This is the story of Jack and Jill
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How their whole world came tumblin' down
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Heartbreak kills, Jill got on the pills
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And Jack couldn't get off that Crown
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They found their peace
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Somewhere underneath
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The roots of a Sycamore tree
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Yeah, Jack and Jill went downhill
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And ended up on one in Tennessee
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In Tennessee
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In Tennessee
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