Hank Locklin - One Step Ahead Of My Past

      [Intro]
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The love that I've waited and longed for
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Is here in my arms at last
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But she doesn't know all about me 
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I'm just one step ahead of my past

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Now I'm walking the old straight and narrow 
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But yesterday's coming up fast
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Cause you can't keep people from talking 
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I'm just one step ahead of my past

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Cause when I played at love I made my mistakes 
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Where everyone could see
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Now I'm wondering if she'll understand 
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Is always haunting me

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Will the news break the heart of my darling
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And close the door to my future at last
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Till the day she knows all about me
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I'm one step ahead of my past