"I Had To Let It Go" by Lee Roy Parnell
Written by Will Jennings and Lee Roy Parnell
From the album "We All Get Lucky Sometimes"
Career Records, 1995
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Last time I saw Laura, she was dancin' at the Mardi Gras
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Every man in New Orleans was sayin' "Ooh la la"
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The way she used to love me could make a dead man walk
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Tore me up just to see her move and I loved to hear her talk
Chorus:
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I had to let it go, I had to let it go
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Oh, I mighta missed heaven, but then you never know
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I had to let it go, I had to let it go
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Last time I saw whiskey, it was callin' out my name
I said "Whiskey you know I love you, but we'll never be the same"
You used to take me with you through the nights that had no end
One night when you weren't looking, Lord I snuck around the bend
I had to let it go, I had to let it go
That ain't the road to Heaven, that's one thing I do know
I had to let it go, I had to let it go
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Last time I saw Reno so down on my luck
I sweet talked a cocktail waitress into loanin' me a buck
By the time the night was over and I handed back the dice
Picked up my winnings and I kissed that waitress twice
I had to let it go, I had to let it go
I mighta rolled another seven, but then you never know
I had to let it go, I had to let it go
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Life is just a puzzle inside a mystery
Your idea of Heaven might look like Hell to me
I just keep on movin', you see I never had a choice
Singin' out these stories in this ragged down home voice
I never let it go, I never let it go
I might even get to Heaven, but then you never know
I never let it go, I never let it go
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Oh no no no, I never let it go, I never let it go
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I might even get to Heaven, but then you never know
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I never let it go, oh no
FADE ON G-D-G-C
Kevin Ross