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The Galway Girl by Steve Earle

Well, I took a (1)____________ on the old long walk
Of a day -i-ay-i-ay
I met a little girl and we stopped to talk
Of a fine (2)________ day -i-ay-i-ay
And I ask you, friend, what's a (3)__________ to do
'Cause her (4)________ was black and her (5)________ were blue
And I (6)________ (7)__________ (8)________ I'd be takin' a whirl
'Round the (9)________________ (10)________ with a galway girl
We (11)________ halfway there (12)________ the rain came down
Of a day -i-ay-i-ay
And she asked me up to her flat downtown
Of a fine soft day -i-ay-i-ay
And I ask you, friend, what's a (13)__________ to do
'Cause her hair was (14)__________ and her eyes were blue
So I (15)________ her hand and I (16)________ her a twirl
And I (17)________ my (18)__________ to a galway girl
When I woke up I was all alone
With a (19)____________ heart and a ticket home
And I ask you now, tell me (20)________ (21)__________ you do
If her hair was black and her eyes were blue
I've traveled (22)____________ I've been all over this world
Boys I ain't never (23)________ nothin' like a galway (24)________
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