[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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You can tell the world, you never was my girl
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You can burn my clothes when I am gone
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Or you can tell your friends, just what a fool I've been
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And laugh and joke about me on the phone


[Verse 2]
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You can tell my arms, go back into the farm
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You can tell my feet to hit the floor
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Or you can tell my lips, to tell my fingertips
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They won't be reaching out for you no more


[Chorus]
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But don't tell my heart, my achy breaky heart
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I just don't think he'd understand
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And if you tell my heart, my achy breaky heart
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He might blow up and kill this man
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Uuuuuuuu..


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[Verse 3]
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You can tell your maw, I moved to Arkansas
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You can tell your dog to bite my leg
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Or tell your brother Cliff, whose fist can tell my lip
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He never really liked me anyway


[Verse 4]
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Go tell your aunt Louise, tell anything you please
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Myself already knows I'm not okay
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Or you can tell my eye, watch out for my mind
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It might be walkin' out on me one day


[Chorus]
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But don't tell my heart, my achy breaky heart
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I just don't think he'd understand
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And if you tell my heart, my achy breaky heart
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He might blow up and kill this man
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Uuuuuuuu..


[Instrumental]
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[Chorus]
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Don't tell my heart, my achy breaky heart
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I just don't think he'd understand
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And if you tell my heart, my achy breaky heart
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He might blow up and kill this man

N.C.
Don't tell my heart, my achy breaky heart

I just don't think he'd understand

And if you tell my heart, my achy breaky heart

He might blow up and kill this man
   A
Uuuuuuuu..


[Outro]
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