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Queenie
Will Hoge
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Grandma's name was Maybellene
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But everybody called her Queenie
She raised three boys all by herself
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So she smoked just like a chimney
She rolled her own and she laughed too loud
Drove a bright red station wagon
She cussed like a sailor so she was pretty much
The coolest thing I could imagine
She played black music on the radio
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Kinda slow danced while she was sweepin'
Sometimes when the daylight turned
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I'd catch her gently weepin'
She said, "sometimes, you just have to cry"
That's the price you pay to have a better life
Oh, and this old world gets hard
When you're carryin' an orphan's heart
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She lived alone for fifteen years
Then one day, she just got tired of the silence
So two weeks later, she packed it up
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And moved in right beside us
'Cause mama and daddy both worked so much
Oh, if there was trouble, I could find it
So now they had an extra pair of eyes
Tell you the truth, I didn't mind it
She'd buy me baseball cards and let me stay up late
Taught me every dirty joke I ever told you
She'd let me play guitar and turn it up too loud
Aw, man, I loved her more than Coca-Cola
Oh, so I just had to sit and cry
I held her hand and said my last goodbye
Oh, and this old world gets hard
When you're carryin' an orphan's heart
Carryin' an orphan's heart
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