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Tell John
Bud Rokesky

Well my name is Diane McCain

I kept my daddy's last name

Though my memories may have faded I am sure I was raised by the law

Still I would never go far

Making money off my pride and my shame

Helping out a man with no name

In his Buick he got laid

Thirty dollars were paid for my time

No I don't regard it a crime

When I tell John he don't seem to mind


And we go driving through the night

Just looking for our next fight

And we'll sing it in our next song

How nothing ever went wrong

It's just you and me and the Colorado trees and our love going wrong

Yea but our love is still strong


Well my name is John McCain

Taken from my grandaddy's name

In a Buick I was made

Thirty dollars were paid to my Ma


No she would never go far

She says I am a lot like my Pa

Though I'd never met him at all

I just play my guitar and I drive my car far away

And by me that is ok

Now that I've grown up and moved away


And we go driving through the night

Just looking for our next fight

And we'll sing it in our next song

How nothing ever went wrong

It's just you and me and an Ohio freeze and our love going wrong

Yea but our love is still strong


And we'll sing it in our next song

How nothing ever went wrong

It's just you and me and the devil makes three and our love going wrong

Yea but our love is still strong


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