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Best Years Of My Life
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She gave him the best years of her life, now he's gone and left her.
country traditional rockabilly
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Traditional country and rockabilly music reminiscent of an earlier era.
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Charts
Peak #151
Peak in subgenre #9
Author
Ray Griff
Rights
2010
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February 12, 2004
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MP3 2.8 MB 128 kbps 3:00
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BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE THANK GOODNESS FOR THE CURTAINS THAT ARE DRAPED AROUND THE WINDOWS IN MY ROOM THEY KEEP THE SUN FROM SHININ' THROUGH SO IT WON'T FIND ME HERE IN ALL MY GLOOM MY EYES ARE RED AND SWOLLEN FROM THE TEARS THAT BABY'S LEAVIN' ME HAS LEFT I HAVEN'T GOT THE HEART TO GO OUTSIDE AND FACE THE WORLD ALONE JUST YET GOD KNOWS I'M JUST AS EMPTY AS THE CLOSET WHERE HE USED TO HANG HIS CLOTHES AND PASSIN' BY THAT MIRROR I SEE TEN YEARS OF MY LIFE JUST COME AND GO THE RADIO IS PLAYIN' SOME OLD SONG THAT BABY USED TO SING TO ME AND IN BETWEEN MY HEARTBEATS LORD I THINK ABOUT THE WAY IT USED TO BE CHORUS I TIED THE BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE AROUND HIS LOVE FASTENED MY WORLD TO HIS AND GAVE MY HEART BECAUSE I BELIEVED HIM EVERYTHING HE SAID I THOUGHT THAT'S HOW IT WAS I TIED THE BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE AROUND HIS LOVE I CROSSED THE BRIDGE OF MEM'RIES WHERE THE GRASS WAS GREEN AND HIS SWEET DREAM WAS MINE BUT ALL OF THAT IS OVER NOW HE'S BROKEN ALL THOSE PRECIOUS TIES THAT BIND CHORUS
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