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[Verse 1]
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We ran through the hills and forests as two under a spell
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He was a city boy, Floyd the outlaw
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But I thought I knew him well
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Long after that great summer when I first came into my fame
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And the avenger from Oklahoma was added to my name
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The avenger I became...
[Chorus 1]
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Well, they call me avenging Annie
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I'm avenger of womanhood
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I spend my whole life telling lies
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Lead you on and mess you over good...
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I take all you spoiled young hippies
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Running around, playing games
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Mess around in your bed, I'll blow your head
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I'll put you through a change
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What you've done to others, I'll do unto you...
[Verse 2]
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But then I met my sensitive outlaw
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He was the best thing I had ever seen
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I wanna be his wife, wanna give him my life
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I was so blind I could never have seen, no
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So I joined up with my outlaw, and headed for California...
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He treated me worse than I ever imagined
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He even say he don't want me around
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Kept it up so long I couldn't be strong
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He run me right into the ground
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After five long years
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He picked me up and then he slapped me down... (stop)
[Bridge]
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[Verse 3]
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When I told my friends about him they all were on my side
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But I could see through the haze he looked so crazy
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I put my head right down and I cried
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For my poor lover, I cried like a mother for my poor lover...
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Well, I felt so sad about it
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But I knew I couldn't do him no good
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He was so far gone, standing all alone
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I left him, I knew I should
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I knew I couldn't do him no good...
[Verse 4]
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And now I live out on a mountain top, and I'm almost thirty-five
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And I've found my peace, and I've found my release
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And I'm happy just to be alive...
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And I might go back to my Floyd, if I think it's the thing to do
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He gave up murder and theft right after I left
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And you know I still love him too
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Just like your woman loves you
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Just like your woman loves you
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Just like your woman loves you
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Just like your woman loves you...
[Chorus/Outro]
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Well, they call me avenging Annie
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I'm avenger of womanhood
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I spend my whole life telling lies
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Lead you on and mess you over, yeah...
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Well, they call me avenging Annie
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I'm avenger of womanhood
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I spend my whole life telling lies
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Lead you on and mess you over, yeah...
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