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Artist: Mel Tillis
Canonical path: /mel-tillis/stateside
Related lyric paths: 6
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Stateside
Read Stateside lyrics by Mel Tillis on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Stateside
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Well the Japany's moon is bright tonight and Tokio is full of life
Busy people everywhere but busy people just don't care
I wanna go stateside oh Lord I wanna go stateside
In and out the honky tonks but nothing's there I really want
Sat awhile and look around get up and leave and walk the town
I wanna go stateside oh Lord I wanna go stateside
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The giashy girls don't understand the lonely life of a service man
When his heart is far away to a girl in the USA
I wanna go stateside oh Lord I wanna go stateside
I've heard say a man don't cry but I can't keep my blue eyes dry
I've been away about two years I know I've cried a million tears
I wanna go stateside oh Lord I wanna go stateside oh Lord I wanna go stateside
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Mel Tillis performs "Stateside", and this lyric page sits inside the Mel Tillis catalog on LyroVerse.
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