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Thread #20774   Message #3547653
Posted By: Jim Dixon
10-Aug-13 - 03:13 PM
Thread Name: How many fallen women does it take? (songs)
Subject: Lyr Add: NO LONGER A SWEETHEART OF MINE
This was mentioned by Jofield back on 26-Apr-2000:


NO LONGER A SWEETHEART OF MINE*
As sung by Don Reno and Red Smiley (1957)

We are saying goodbye, dear, forever.
I'm leavin' your false love behind.
Ev'ry promise you made has been broken.
You're no longer a sweetheart, I find.

I wanted someone true and faithful,
For that's the way it had to be
You wanted your honky-tonk life, dear.
You're no longer a sweetheart to me.

Go back to the bar down the street, dear,
And stay with your honky-tonk kind.
Go back to the life you've been livin'.
You're no longer a sweetheart of mine.

from a bottle to a ride in the moonlight
in the arms of the first man you see
another victim added to your list, dear
you're no longer a sweetheart to me

I will never pretend to be happy
Until a true love I shall find,
For you lived a lie from the start, dear.
You're no longer a sweetheart of mine.

Go back to the bar down the street, dear,
And stay with your honky-tonk kind.
Go back to the life you've been livin'.
You're no longer a sweetheart of mine.

[* Sometimes recorded as NO LONGER A SWEETHEART or YOU'RE NO LONGER A SWEETHEART OF MINE.]