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Artist: Merle Haggard
Canonical path: /merle-haggard/montego-bay
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Montego Bay
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Montego Bay
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I showed her most of Tennessee that's all I could afford
I even thought of stealing so I could show her more
But she never did seem happy and I often heard her say
Hey, I like it here but I love Montego Bay.
Oh, I should have gone with her at least I wouldn't know
What about Montego Bay that makes it pull so strong
All I've got's old memories of the way she used to say
Hey, I like it here but I love Montego Bay.
Why couldn't I convince her, why couldn't I make her see
There's no way Montego Bay needs her more than me
When she left she seemed so happy I can still hear her say
Hey, I like it here but I love Montego Bay.
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Why couldn't I convince her, why couldn't I make her see
There's no way Montego Bay needs her more than me
When she left she seemed so happy I can still hear her say
Hey, I like it here but I love Montego Bay.
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Merle Haggard performs "Montego Bay", and this lyric page sits inside the Merle Haggard catalog on LyroVerse.
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