Hows Ernie

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Well I don't miss her anymore, the way that I used to.
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Was a time when my heart was broke, but somehow I got through.
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Still, her father became my best friend, that's one thing for sure.
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Funny how I miss him, a lot more than her.

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"How's Ernie?", hey that's what I would say,
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If I wrote her a letter or I called her up one day.
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"How's Ernie?" You know it ended up real bad.
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But I don't miss her anymore, though I sure do miss her dad.

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He was kind of deaf in one ear, so I'd kind of have to shout.
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We'd talk guns and horses 'til the lights went out.
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Why, we'd stay up 'til midnight, drinking whisky and water,
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And he'd pretend not to know I was sleeping with his daughter.

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But I was young and foolish. How was I to know
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Hey, the price I'd for my mistakes was to up and watch her go?
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And I don't mind that she went and done what I guess she had to do.
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No, I don't mind, but I wonder why she had to take him too!

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But I don't miss her anymore, though I sure do miss her dad.