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Intro F C G C
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it was the hottest summer, i was seventeen
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you were a little older, ya the best i'd ever seen
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we were young and foolish, only out for laughs
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didn't realise that time would fly so fast
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miss america, tell me where you are
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can't believe I've gone and lost you
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just a photograph - just a memory to me ya
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we were so misunderstood, thought we had it good
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but just too young to know it
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and now - i remember the way we were
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miss america
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I can hear your laughter, like it was yesterday
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you would put your hair up, I'd take it down, I liked it that way
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we stayed out late and counted stars
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from the backseat of my car
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you said it's love, I said ok
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didn't know what else to say
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we traced our names out in the stars
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ya the world was ours
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I'm ready, I am ready for
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the way we were, way back before
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we both grew up, and you left town
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miss USA, where are you now?
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tell me....gone and lost you
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just a photograph - just a memory to me ya
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we were so misunderstood, thought we had it good
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but just too young to know it
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and now - i remember the way we were
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i can't forget the way we were
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it was good...miss america
