I Drove Her Out Of My Mind

Album: Out Among the Stars (2014)
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  • She gave me my walking papers
    And ran off with someone new
    'Cause he bought her things
    My wages couldn't buy
    So I turned to ups and downers
    And everything between
    Still I can't get her good lovin'
    Off my mind

    Well today I bought a Cadillac
    The kind she's always wanted
    I called and asked her
    If she'd like to ride
    She said this is our last date
    I said that's alright with me
    'Cause tonight I'm driving her
    Out of my mind

    Yeah I'll take her on a scenic cruise
    Right off of Lookout Mountain
    Cause she said I never took her out
    When she was mine
    She'll see all seven states
    As we drive to the pearly gates
    Tonight when I drive her
    Out of my mind

    All the papers will read "Lovers leap
    Again off Lookout Mountain"
    'Cause I wrote a note
    That called it suicide
    But my epitaph will say
    "He killed his pain yesterday
    When he finally drove that woman
    Off his mind"

    Well now here she comes to greet me
    Dressed to kill and so am I
    Hope she asks me if this
    Cadillac will fly
    And I know that I'll die laughin'
    When I show her that it will
    When I drive that woman
    Right out of my mind

    Hell I'll take her on a scenic cruise
    Right off of Lookout Mountain
    'Cause she said I never took her out
    When she was mine
    She'll see all seven states
    As we drive to the pearly gates
    Tonight when I drive her
    Out of my mind

    They'll say Johnny Cash was quite a smash
    Down here in Chattanooga
    Last night when he drove her
    Out of his mind

    Yeah that Cadillac dealer's in for a big surprise too
    99 dollars down, 99 dollars a month
    Yeah it's gonna be just gorgeous

    (Ooh to the pearly gates)
    (Ooh to the pearly gates)
    (Ooh to the pearly gates) Writer/s: GARY LEE GENTRY, HILLMAN HALL
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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