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Artist: Jim Reeves
Canonical path: /jim-reeves/one-that-got-away
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One That Got Away
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One That Got Away
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Out with someone new almost every day people look at me I can hear them say
He's so lucky he has everything going his way
I can't let them know that I really don't I'm not with the one that I really want
And I'm still in love with the one that got away
The one that got away took all my love not just a part
The one that got away got away with my heart
If we chance to meet on some lonely street
And I pass you by without a word to say I'm just thinking bout the one that got away
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If we chance to meet...
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