[Verse 1] Dear Miss Loretta, I aint ever met ya But Im lonely tonight and I just betcha You might have some wisdom to pull off that shelf Your songs were all fun til I lived them myself [Chorus] I aint a coal miners daughter But my grandmother was Must be whiskey in the water Must be bourbon in the blood Im a long way from Kentucky But the hurtins the same Now I know why you sang that way [Verse 2] Oh what ended up tough I started out broken What ended up lost I started out hopin A lifetime of pain was three minutes long And you werent ashamed When th world sang along [Chorus] I aint a coal miners daughter But my grandmother was Must b whiskey in the water Must be bourbon in the blood Im a long way from Kentucky But the hurtins the same Now I know why you sang that way [Verse 3] Dear Miss Loretta We both grew up too fast And I wish you could tell me How you made it last [Chorus] I aint a coal miners daughter But Ive sung it all my life I aint been a widow But Ive been an exwife And I hear your truth And I feel your pain Now I know why you sang that way Yeah I know why you sang that way
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