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IT’S A LONG WAY BACK TO JACKSON
IN A BEAT UP CADILLAC
WITH A BIBLE ON THE FLOORBOARD AND A BODY IN THE BACK

HIS EYES WERE BLUE, CLEAR AS A DEEP BLUE SEA
AND THEY WERE MARRIED UNDERNEATH A CHESTNUT TREE
HE HELD THAT BIBLE IN HIS HAND
SWORE HE’D ALWAYS BE HER MAN UNTIL THE END, OH TIL THE END
THEY HAD A LITTLE HOUSE DOWN BY THE OLD MILL CREEK
SHE TRIED TO COVER UP THE BRUISES ON HER CHEEKS
HE KEPT A PISTOL IN THE DRAWER
AND NO ONE ASKED WHAT IT WAS FOR
BUT THAT WAS THEN, YEAH THAT WAS THEN…NOW

CHORUS:
IT’S A LONG WAY BACK TO JACKSON
IN A BEAT UP CADILLAC
WITH A BIBLE ON THE FLOORBOARD AND A BODY IN THE BACK
HEADLIGHTS ON THE HIGHWAY SHINING IN THE NIGHT
THE TRUTH AIN’T ALWAYS PRETTY AND LOVE AIN’T ALWAYS RIGHT
SOME PROMISES AIN’T BROKEN, SOME VOWS WON’T COME UNDONE
‘TIL YOU SEE THE SMOKE A-RISING FROM THE BARREL OF A GUN

ON THE NIGHT SHE DISAPPEARED
NOBODY HEARD A SOUND
THERE WAS NOT A SINGLE CLUE LEFT TO BE FOUND
YOU CAN ASK BUT HE WON’T TELL
‘CAUSE THE ANSWER’S HIDDEN WELL
SOMEWHERE BESIDE I-55…AND

REPEAT CHORUS

THERE WAS NEVER ANY CRIME OH ‘CAUSE THERE WAS NO PROOF
BUT A BIG SISTER ALWAYS KNOWS THE TRUTH
SO WHEN HE GETS HOME LATE TONIGHT
I SWEAR TO GOD I’LL MAKE THINGS RIGHT
I’LL BE WAITIN’ INSIDE WITH A .45…AND

REPEAT CHORUS

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from Never Be The Same, released April 26, 2011
Songwriter: Victoria Banks

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Victoria Banks Nashville, Tennessee

Victoria Banks has garnered 11 Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) nominations and was named 2010 Female Artist of the Year & Songwriter of the Year.

She has been labeled “one of the best songwriters in the business” by Music Row Magazine, penning Sara Evans' ASCAP-award-winning "Saints & Angels", Jessica Simpson's Billboard record-breaking “Come on Over”, and many more. ... more

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