Ballad of a teenage queen (1988)
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1. There's a story in our town of the prettiest girl around,
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golden
hair and eyes of blue, how those eyes could flash at you !
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(How those eyes could flash at
you)
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Boys hung 'round her by the
score, but she loved the boy next door
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who
worked at the candy store.
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(Dream on, dream on teenage
queen, prettiest girl we've ever seen)
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2. She was Queen of Senior Prom, she could cook
just like her mom,
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she
had everything it seems, purе delight, this teenage queen.
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(Purе delight, this teenage queen)
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Other boys could offеr more, but she loved the boy next door,
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who
worked at the candy store.
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(Dream on, dream on teenage
queen, you should be a movie queen)
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3. He would marry her next spring, saved his money, bought a ring.
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Then one day a movie scout
came to town to take her out.
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(Came to town to take her out)
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working
at the candy store.
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(Dream on, dream on teenage queen
see you on the movie screen)
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4. Very soon she was a star, pretty house and shiny car,
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swimming
pool and a fence around, but she missed her old home town.
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(But she missed her old home town)
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All the
world was at her door, all except the boy next door,
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who
worked at the candy store.
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D A D
(Dream on, dream on teenage
queen, saddest girl we've ever seen)
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5. Then one day this teenage star sold her house and all her cars,
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gave
up all her wealth and fame, left it all and caught a train.
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(Left it all and caught a train)
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Next day she was at the door
of the lonely boy next door
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who
works at the candy store.
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A
D
(Now this story has some more,
you'll hear it all at the candy store)
(Johnny Cash, Rosanne Cash
& Everly brothers)