[Intro]
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[Verse]
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As an only child of seventeen
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It hurt when my momma died
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When my daddy got home just a few days later
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Well, he broke right down and cried
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But after a year he up and wed
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A girl that was half his age
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Then the family was my daddy
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And me and Judy Mae
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Well, my daddy did a lot of traveling around
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And before he would say goodbye
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He'd tell me to take care of my new mama
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She's the apple of his eye
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And as he kissed his brand new wife goodbye
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I always used to hear him say
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Look after my boy
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Won't you please, now, Judy Mae
[Chorus]
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Judy Mae
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Oh, she sure had a way of looking after me
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Yes, her eyes would sparkle and shine
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Every time Papa got ready to leave
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Well, one night while my daddy was gone
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She tiptoed into my room
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She said that she had to talk to me
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Cause my dad was gonna be home soon
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She said, you know I get so lonely and cold
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When your daddy is gone for days
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What a boy like you could do to Judy Mae
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Well, I told her that I'd never done this before
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And then she took my hand
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And showed me all of the secret things
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That turned a boy into a man
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And as I lay there by her side
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I heard a noise at the window pane
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I think that's just the wind
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Said Judy Mae
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Judy Mae
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Oh, she sure had a way of looking after me
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Yes, her eyes would sparkle and shine
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Every time Papa got ready to leave
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Well, the next day Daddy had an accident
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And two days later, he died
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The sheriff said my Daddy could drive too good to even
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Try to take a turn that wide
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But thinking back now I begin to wonder
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To this very day
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If it was him, not the wind
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That saw me with Judy Mae
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If it was him, not the wind
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That saw me with Judy Mae