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Followin the stars through the honkey-tonks and bars
Dream away on a country music pride
Start the evenin' by myself,
but you can bet by the hour of twelve
Gonna have a pretty painted lady by my side
Talkin' ^?bout a pretty painted lady by my side
Now I'll tell that woman how it used to be
when the west was wild and the land was free
How a western word would travel for a country mile
Then one day when the drugstores came
and forced my hand to play a truckin' game
Wishin' to be a cowboy all the while
Yes, I was wishin' to be a cowboy all the while
Painted Lady tell me of the past gone by
Hold me like the open range and ride me high
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Take me to the days when your dress was made of calico or gingham
And a man was a man....
Painted Lady with your painted face
Tell me bout your life in this painted place
Tell me with your lovin' lips and lovin' eyes
I can feel the pain, I can see the fears
on the painted cheeks that hide the tears
Of a lovely lonesome cowgirl in disguise
Talkin' bout a lovely lonesome cowgirl in disguise