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Dance Hall Girls
by:  Tom Russell
written by:  Fraser & DeBolt

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These dance hall girls,  they'll treat you kind
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They'll give you their bodies, but you'll never touch their minds
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They'll fill you up,  with lipstick lies
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Then they'll put you down son
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Don't be surprised
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Is this the way it always is here in Baltimore?

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I held her mountains, I kissed her plains
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I touched her sunshine, Lord then I drank her rains
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But I went too far, I broke too fast
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I thought I had a winner picked
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But I came in last, again
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Is this the way it always is here in Baltimore?

Refrain:

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I must have chosen the wrong season to come down
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I never realized they call this sacred ground

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My sense of time, hell I'm a week behind
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I sent a letter home,  but this all takes time you know
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I gotta get some money,  I wanna go back home
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But these dance hall girls
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Know how to make a man feel alone
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Is this the way it always is here in Baltimore?

Solo:  Play through one verse

Repeat Refrain

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My sense of time, hell I'm a week behind
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They'll give you their bodies, but you'll never touch their minds
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They'll fill you up,  with lipstick lies
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These dance hall girls say
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They can't stand to see a grown man cry
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Is this the way it always is here in Baltimore?
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Is this the way it always is here in Montreal?
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Is this the way it always is here in Baltimore?

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Transcribed by:  Greg Yuriy