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You said you loved me in the sunshine;
you left me out here in the rain |
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You said you loved me in the sunshine;
you left me out here in the rain |
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Now you’re in Atlanta and I’m
in a whole lotta pain |
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You introduced me to the bad stuff; now
it’s messing with my brain |
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You introduced me to the bad stuff; now
it’s messing with my brain |
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Because you’re in Atlanta and I’m
in a whole lotta pain |
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You’re a mean, nasty woman and you're
out raising cane |
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You’re a mean, nasty woman and you're
driving me half insane |
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Now I’m standing on a platform,
just waiting for a train |
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Standing on a platform, just waiting for
that high-ball train |
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‘Cause you’re in Atlanta and
I’m in a whole lotta pain |
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(repeat various lines in any order) |
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"I dreamt the hook in 1994. I
tried to write or co-write it into a
song several times, but never liked
the results. One night I was listening
to a blues jam, and I realized the hook
fit into a 12-bar blues pattern. I started
writing rhyming couplets." —
Sandra
L. Reay
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Jeff Ingram suggested doubling the
first line to fill out the 12-bar blues
progression.
Ernie
Martinez had a 12-bar blues progression
he'd been working on. During a break
while working on One
Lonely Rider, they put the lyrics
and music together. Ernie suggested
the bridge.
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It's a jam tune. The lyrics shown are
the skeleton of the song.
Ernie
Martinez performs the song with
The Ouzo Project, and the song varies
with each performance.
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