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Country Singer 2

By Richard L. Provencher

Mon, 26 Nov 2018
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You must have been there

when I was young and

lived the songs you now sing--

about growing up sad

and being picked last for

a backyard team -- a skinny lad

with one friend and a daddy

who drank too much--

not understanding tears

weren't just for babies but also

from a child's broken heart.

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