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'''Dixie Chicks 
<br>'''Fly (1999)
<br>'''Goodbye Earl

<br>Mary Anne and Wanda were the best of friends
<br>All through their high school days
<br>Both members of the 4H Club
<br>Both active in the FFA
<br>After graduation Mary Anne went out lookin'
<br>for a bright new world
<br>Wanda looked all around this town
<br>and all she found was Earl

<br>Well it wasn't two weeks
<br>after she got married that
<br>Wanda started gettin' abused
<br>She put on dark glasses and long sleeved blouses
<br>And make-up to cover a bruise
<br>Well she finally got the nerve to file for divorce
<br>She let the law take it from there
<br>But Earl walked right through that restraining order
<br>And put her in intensive care

<br>Right away Mary Anne flew in from Atalnta
<br>On a red eye midnight flight
She held Wanda's hand as they
<br>worked out a plan
<br>And it didn't take long to decided

<br>That Earl had to die
<br>Goodbye Earl
<br>Those black-eyed peas
<br>They tasted all right to me Earl
<br>You're feeling weak
<br>Why don't you lay down
<br>and sleep Earl
<br>Ain't it dark
<br>Wrapped up in that tarp Earl

<br>The cops came to bring Earl in
<br>They searched the house
<br>high and low
<br>Then they tipped their hats
<br>and said 'Thank You ladies
<br>if you hear from him let us know'

<br>Well the weeks went by and
<br>Spring turned to Summer
<br>And Summer faded into Fall
<br>And it turns out he was a missing person
<br>who nobody missed al all

<br>So the girls bouth some land
<br>and a roadside stand
<br>Out on Highway 109
<br>They sell Tennessee ham
<br>and strawberry jame
<br>And they don't
<br>lose any sleep at night 'cause

<br>Earl had to die
<br>Goodbye Earl
<br>We need a break
<br>Let's go out to the lake Earl
<br>We'll pack a lunch
<br>And stuff you in the trunk Earl
<br>Well is that all right
<br>Good Let's go for a ride
<br>Earl hey