Sweet Alabama boy, you filled my heart
with joy
The first time you came running down
the road
You claimed you loved me true, and I
know I loved you too
As you ran barefoot with a heart that
overflowed
Imagine the surprise in my starry
lovestruck eyes
When you sealed the deal by handing me
a toad
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I ran straight inside and for hours I
just cried
I sobbed and my heart you did destroy
My pa said don't you worry and don't be
in no hurry
He is just a boy from Alabam
Right now your heart is sore, but don't
you cry no more
Someday you'll find an Alabama man
A few years past by when by now we both
were ten
This time you came carrying a box
You gave it one more shot with that
confidence you've got
I twisted up my golden sun-kissed locks
Imagine my displeasure when opened up
the treasure
Baseball cards, bubble gum and river
rocks
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When we were seventeen I was the county
queen
And you were still a scrawny scruffy
kid
So imagine my delight when I looked into
the night
And you caught me with the next thing that
you did
You lit up the night skies with a
hundred jars of fireflies
My heart took flight when you opened up
the lids
When you were twenty four, you
volunteered for war
I cried and wrote you every day
The day you didn't write me back my
whole world turned to black
I fell to my knees and I did pray
Just bring me back my joy, my Alabama
boy
Just bring him home and keep him here
to stay
Then you knocked on the door and I
nearly hit the floor
I could not believe that you were right
before my eyes
You knelt down on your wounded knee to
say please marry me
With a diamond like a star plucked from
the skies
Your eyes were filled with tears but
after all these years
Sweet Alabama man, you won me after all your
tries.
