Capo 2 
 
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Her mama cussed, she was out of film 
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As her baby came down those stairs looking right at him 
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His hands, they shook as he pinned on that corsage 
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And she almost cried cause she liked this guy from the very start  
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Shoulda been just another first, not the last 
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A beautiful moment in two lives when they looked back, now they're 

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Flowers by the side of the road 
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Yeah ,that's all that's left of the hopes and dreams of two seventeen year olds 
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Some dreams live on and some, they don't  
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All that's left to know, all that's left to show are flowers by the side of the road  
 
 
Could've been me, could've been you 
How many times have I said I've just had one or two 
It's a sobering thought, it's a sobering sight 
How like a bad, bad dream you can lose everything on a careless night 
Be the one who lives, be the one who's gone 
Be the mother whose heart has to somehow go on, but she'll leave 
 
Chorus