The Great Compromise (Live)

I knew a girl who was almost a lady
 She had a way with all the men in her life
 Every inch of her blossomed in beauty
 And she was born on the fourth of July
 
 Well she lived in an aluminum house trailer
 And she worked in a juke box saloon
 And she spent all the money I give her
 Just to see the old man in the moon
 
 I used to sleep at the foot of Old Glory
 And awake in the dawn's early light
 But much to my surprise
 When I opened my eyes
 I was a victim of the great compromise
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 Well we'd go out on Saturday evenings
 To the drive-in on Route 41
 And it was there that I first suspected
 That she was doin' what she'd already done
 
 She said "Johnny won't you get me some popcorn"
 And she knew I had to walk pretty far
 And as soon as I passed through the moonlight
 She hopped into a foreign sports car
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 I used to sleep at the foot of Old Glory
 And awake in the dawn's early light
 But much to my surprise
 When I opened my eyes
 I was a victim of the great compromise
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 Well you know I could have beat up that fellow
 But it was her that had hopped into his car
 Many times I'd fought to protect her
 But this time she was goin' too far
 
 Now some folks they call me a coward
 'Cause I left her at the drive-in that night
 But I'd druther have names thrown at me
 Than to fight for a thing that ain't right
 
 I used to sleep at the foot of Old Glory
 And awake in the dawn's early light
 But much to my surprise
 When I opened my eyes
 I was a victim of the great compromise
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 Now she writes all the fellows love letters
 Saying "Greetings, come and see me real soon"
 And they go and line up in the barroom
 And spend the night in that sick woman's room
 
 But sometimes I get awful lonesome
 And I wish she was my girl instead
 But she won't let me live with her
 And she makes me live in my head
 
 I used to sleep at the foot of Old Glory
 And awake in the dawn's early light
 But much to my surprise
 When I opened my eyes
 I was a victim of the great compromise