Bright Lights and Sweet Talk
Words and music © Bill Dobbins
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Back home where I was born and raised
We lived a simple way.
A girl grew up and found a man
And heard the preacher say:
Do you take this man to be your own and cherish him for life.
To raise his kids and keep his house
And be his lovin’ wife.
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Bright
lights and sweet talk never helped a girl to heaven.
Honky tonk bars and steel guitars
Can pave the way to sin.
Bright lights and sweet talk
Never helped a girl to heaven.
A drinkin’ and a gamblin’ man
Is here then gone tomorrow
But when those summer nights get long
A girl can stray from home.
The bright lights of some old road house
Can tempt a girl to roam.
The wine is fine, the men are smooth,
The music’s load and clear.
But when she wakes next mornin’
There’s no telling who’ll be near.
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A small town is a simple place
To make your life your own.
A girl can fight temptation
Just by stayin’ close to home.
But city lights can blind your eyes
And lead your thoughts to stray
And whispered promises by night
Don’t make a weddin’ day.
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