There is no Arizona (Country 1, 2001)     (video)

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1. He promised her a new and better life out in Arizona

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underneath the blue, never-ending sky, he swore that he was gonna

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get things in order. He'd send for her.

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When he left her behind it never crossed her mind...

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There is no Arizona, no Painted Desert, no Sedona,

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if there was a Grand Canyon she could fill it up with the lies he told her.

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But they don't exist, those dreams he sold her,

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she'll wake up and find there is no Arizona.

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3. She got a postcard with no return address, postmarked Tombstone,

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that said, "I don't know where I'm goin' next,

but when I do I'll let you know."

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May, June, July, she wonders why

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she's still waiting, and she'll keep waiting, 'cause...

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+ Each day the sun sets into the west

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her heart sinks lower in her chest, and

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friends keep asking when she's going.

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Finally she tells them, "Don't you know ?

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There is no Arizona, no Painted Desert, no Sedona,

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if there was a Grand Canyon she could fill it up with the lies he told her.

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But they don't exist, those dreams he sold her,

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she'll wake up and find there is no Arizona.

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+ He promised her a new and better life out in Arizona.

(orig. = capo 4th) (Jamie O’Neal)