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To a dreamy melody When they called out, "Change partners" And you waltzed away from me Now my arms feel so empty As I gaze around the floor And I'll

think you're like iron and steel But iron and steel will bend and break In those complicated shadows Sometimes justice you will find Is just dumb not colorblind And

and then he falls to pieces Down among the wines and spirits Where a man gets what he merits Lives with the echoing words of their final quarrel The vacant chamber and

I rant and rail Every time I try and fail Any time I want to quit And say that's the end of it When I stand and start to leave You cool my brow and

were uttered and challenges were offered On the Cumberland riverboat, E. W. Stephens Daggers were drawn on pistols pulled Staggering till dawn filled up with whiskey and rum And

recognize The distance from my heart to hers The distance from my heart to hers The pity in her eyes She liked my pretty story I thanked her for her song And

there still sadness in your eyes, you can't deny? Do you tremble and sigh when he holds you just like I do? What were you thinking of to throw away our love? And

and then he falls to pieces Down among the wines and spirits Where a man gets what he merits Lives with the echoing words of their final quarrel The vacant chamber and

of my old lover last night I wonder if I spoke out loud And if by chance my husband overheard He put my face back in the crowd His eyes were clear and