[Verse]
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Katie had plans, but there ain't no chance in the bayou
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Turned eighteen and that's six months clean in the bayou
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Government came to take them away from the bayou, said
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The one's that stay will be washed to their graves with the bayou
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[Chorus]
Cadd9 D G
So won't you tell me I'm lost when I lie to you
Em D G Cadd9
Tell me good thoughts are gonna carry us through
Em D G
And I'll tell you what I'm gonna do
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I'm gonna fight the fire, take it higher sing it till they bring it down to the wire
Em D G
Shake it off, and go start anew
[Verse]
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Katie left home, and made the trek all alone from the bayou
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Says Houston's cold, to the summer's that we know in the bayou
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But her old man drinks and at night she still thinks of the bayou
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Yeah the city's got saved, but they never made the grade in the bayou
Em Cadd9 D
[Chorus]
Cadd9 D G
So won't you tell me I'm lost when I lie to you
Em D G Cadd9
Tell me good thoughts are gonna carry us through
Em D G
And I'll tell you what I'm gonna do
Em D G Cadd9
I'm gonna fight the fire, take it higher sing it till they bring it down to the wire
Em D G
Shake it off, and go start anew
[Outro]
Em D Cadd9
Shake it off, and go start anew
Em D G
Shake it off, and go start anew
