Tell It Like It Was

Tell It Like It Was
Recorded by Bill Anderson and Jan Howard
Written by Bill Anderson


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I come home every night and she meets me with a great big kiss
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And she says I love you and how was your day
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She brings me my slippers cooks my dinner and holds my hand
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And vows her love for me won't ever fade away

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Tell it like it was tell it like it was
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Not like it is cause it ain't no more tell it like it was

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I told her once I was born with a restless streak in me
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But she laughed it off and said honey you're just a man
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Go where you have to go do what you have to do
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I love you I'll wait for you and I'll understand

Repeat #2

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I called her up last night from down in Mexico
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She said baby it's cold tonight and I'm alone
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I'm not gonna hold anybody I'm not gonna kiss anybody
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I'm saving me for you till you get home

Repeat #2