Marty Robbins - Tennessee Toddy lyrics

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Well, me and my baby was a-walkin' down the road<br />

Just a-hoppin' along like two little toads<br />

I looked down at her; I said, "What can we do?"<br />

She said, "Let's go someplace where we can hop to the blues!"<br />

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I said, "I don't know a place where we can do such a thing."<br />

She said, "I know a place, and, man, it's just a dream! <br />

It's just a little spot on the outside of town<br />

Where we can really pick 'em up and put 'em down!"<br />

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So we went to a place called Everybody's<br />

There I met a little chick called the Tennessee Toddy<br />

The reason she was called the Tennessee Toddy<br />

Was that she was all legs with a little bitty body, <br />

But that cat could go, yeah, she was gone, gone, along gone, <br />

And I'll tell you all about it in the very next verse of my song.<br />

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She was long and lean like a green string bean:<br />

Calm and collected and cool and keen! <br />

She was all of this and a whole lot more; <br />

When my baby saw me watching her, she threw me out the door<br />

And we were gone, yeah, we were gone, along gone, <br />

And I'll tell you more about it in the very next verse of my song.<br />

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I took my baby home and she said, "Good night."<br />

She said, "Be real good and sleep real tight!"<br />

I rushed right back to Everybody's<br />

'Cause I had to get acquainted with the Tennessee Toddy! <br />

So I left, yeah, I was gone, gone, along gone, <br />

And I'll tell you more about it in the very next verse of my song.<br />

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I was back there jumpin' with Toddy at three<br />

When in walked a gent twice as big as me<br />

He looked real mean and mad and sore; <br />

He made for me and I made for the door, <br />

Just a-runnin', yeah, I was gone, gone, along gone, <br />

And there ain't no more, so this is the end of my song...