[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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It was 1989, my thoughts were short, my hair was long
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Caught somewhere between a boy and man
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She was 17 and she was far from in between
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It was summertime in Northern Michigan

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
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Splashin' through the sandbar, talkin' by the campfire
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It's the simple things in life like when and where
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We didn't have no internet, but man, I never will forget
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The way the moonlight shined upon her hair

[Chorus]
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And we were tryin' different things and we were smokin' funny things
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Makin' love out by the lake to our favorite songs
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Sippin' whisky out the bottle, not thinkin' 'bout tomorrow
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Singin' Sweet Home Alabama all summer long
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Singin' Sweet Home Alabama all summer long

[Verse 3]
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Catchin' walleye from the dock, watchin' the waves roll off the rocks
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She'll forever hold a spot inside my soul
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We'd blister in the sun, we couldn't wait for night to come
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To hit that sand and play some rock and roll

[Chorus]
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While we were tryin' different things and we were smokin' funny things
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Makin' love out by the lake to our favorite songs
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Sippin' whisky out the bottle, not thinkin' 'bout tomorrow
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Singin' Sweet Home Alabama all summer long
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Singin' Sweet Home Alabama all summer long

[Solo]
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[Link]
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[Verse 4]
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Now nothin' seems as strange as when the leaves began to change
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Or how we thought those days would never end
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Sometimes I hear that song and I'll start to sing along
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And think man, I'd love to see that girl again

[Chorus]
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And we were tryin' different things and we were smokin' funny things
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Makin' love out by the lake to our favorite songs
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Sippin' whisky out the bottle, not thinkin' 'bout tomorrow
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Singin' Sweet Home Alabama all summer long

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We were tryin' different things and we were smokin' funny things
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Makin' love out by the lake to our favorite songs
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Sippin' whisky out the bottle, not thinkin' 'bout tomorrow
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Singin' Sweet Home Alabama all summer long
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Singin' Sweet Home Alabama all summer long
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Singin' Sweet Home Alabama all summer long
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Singin' Sweet Home Alabama all summer long
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Singin' Sweet Home Alabama all summer long

[Outro]
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