David Allan Coe

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  • David Allan Coe Atlanta Song Lyrics

           

    By: David Allan Coe



    I MET HER IN ATLANTA

    SHE WAS A-DANCING IN A CAFE

    WITH A PRICE TAG ON HER BODY

    AND A TOMBSTONE IN HER EYE

    YOU COULD TELL SHE WAS NOT HAPPY

    BY THE WAY SHE KEPT ON STARING

    PAST THE OTHER SIDE OF NOWHERE

    AT A MAN SHE'D LIKE TO TRY



    AND THE MAKE-UP SHE HAD PAINTED

    COULD NOT HIDE THE YOUTHFUL MOTIONS

    OF HER BODY

    FROM THE MUSIC OR THE CROWD

    I STARED LIKE ALL OTHERS

    WITH MY RIGHT HAND IN MY POCKET

    WHILE SHE SHOWED US

    EVERYTHING THE LAW ALLOWED



    TWENTY BUCKS AN HOUR LATER

    MY ONE-BEDROOM APARTMENT

    I WAS FEELING WEAK

    FROM ALL THE SEEDS I'D SOWN

    SHE WAS SWEET, SHE WAS GENTLE

    AS SHE INTRODUCED MY BODY

    TO SOME PLEASURES

    IT HAD NEVER EVER KNOWN



    WHEN I WOKE UP IN THE MORNING

    SHE WAS A-LAYING THERE BESIDE ME

    LIKE A KITTEN

    WITH HER FACE TURNED TO THE SUN

    AND A LOOK OF SATISFACTION

    ON HER LIPS THAT MADE ME WONDER

    IF SHE EVER FELT ASHAMED

    OF WHAT WE'D DONE



    SO I LEFT HER IN ATLANTA

    SHE WAS A-DANCING IN CAFE

    WITH A PRICE TAG ON HER BODY

    AND A TOMESTONE IN HER EYE

    AND I GUESS SHE STILL AIN'T HAPPY

    BY THE WAY SHE KEEPS ON STARING

    PAST THE OTHER SIDE OF NOWHERE



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