Misc Originals – Ben Puttmann - Etta Mainstreet (Guitar)

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Etta Mainstreet was a girl about town

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She caught the eyes of the boys who’d stand hanging around

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To catch the eye of the girl they should only be dreaming about

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Her daddy was a rich man, down at the bank

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He signed the notes for the lawyers and shook their hands in thanks

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For helpin’ give Etta a life, his daddy gave to him

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Etta Mainstreet, she had a big city smile

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And a small town soul that didn’t match with the life

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Of a big city girl shining bright on her daddy’s big stage

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She wanted a quiet little 40, to be a white picket wife

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With three in the front yard and one inside

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And waiting as a working class wife, for her middle class man

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He’d pour a cup of coffee, then kiss Etta goodbye

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N’tell his pretty little girls that he would see them tonight

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Where he’ll get back home and they’ll all get back to the rest of their lives

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Etta Mainstreet was a girl about town

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Her daddy picked the boy while she picked the gown

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None of it mattered to Etta because neither one fit

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The dreams in Etta’s head were going up in smoke

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As they frosted that cake and lit fire to her hopes

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Of one day making a life with her middle class man

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Etta Mainstreet, she had a big city smile

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And a small town soul that didn’t match with the life

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Of a big city girl shining bright on her daddy’s big stage

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She wanted a quiet little 40, to be a white picket wife

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With three in the front yard and one inside

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And waiting as a working class wife, for her middle class man

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He’d pour a cup of coffee, then kiss Etta goodbye

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N’tell his pretty little girls that he would see them tonight

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Where he’ll get back home and they’ll all get back to the rest of their lives

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Etta Mainstreet was a girl about town

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Who was tired of the boys, and the bank, and the sounds

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Of the mainstreet traffic screaming louder than her small town soul

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It was time for Etta Mainstreet to burn the town down

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With a smile as fire bright, as the white on her gown

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Her daddy stood smolderin’, as Etta put a match to his plan

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Etta Mainstreet, she found her big city smile

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And her small town soul finally matched with the life

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Of a small town girl shining bright on her hubby’s big stage

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She got her quiet little 40, she was a white picket wife

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With three in the front yard and one inside

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She’d waited her wholllle wealthy life, for her middle class man

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She’d pour his cup of coffee, he’d kiss Etta goodbye

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N’tell his pretty little girls that he would see them tonight

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Where he’ll get back home and they’ll all get back to the rest of their lives