Velvet Goldmine movie - Avenging Annie lyrics

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Song by Andy Pratt<br /><br>

They ran through hills and forest<br>

As two under a spell<br>

He was a city boy Floyd the outlaw<br>

And she thought she new him well.<br>

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Long after that great summer<br>

When she first came into her fame<br>

And the avenger from Oklahoma<br>

Was added to her name<br>

The avenger she became.<br>

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Well they call her avenging Annie<br>

The avenger of womanhood<br>

She spends her whole life telling lies<br>

These on a mess and over good<br>

She'll take all these spoilt young hippies<br>

Running around playing games<br>

They're surrounding your bed, she'll blow your head<br>

She'll put you through a change.<br>

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What you've done to others<br>

She'll do unto you.<br>

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Then she met her sensitive outlaw<br>

He was the best thing she ever did seen<br>

She was to be his wife for the rest of her life,<br>

But she was so blind she could never had seen.<br>

No!<br>

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So she joined up with her outlaw<br>

And headed for California.<br>

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He treated her worse than she'd ever imagined<br>

He didn't say he didn't want her around<br>

He kept it up so long, she couldn't be strong<br>

He run her right into the ground.<br>

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After five long years,<br>

He picked her up and slapped her down.<br>

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Then she told her friends about him<br>

They all were on her side<br>

But she could see through the haze he looked so pale<br>

She put her head right down and she cried.<br>

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For her poor lover<br>

She cried like a mother for her poor lover.<br>

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And now she lives on a mountain top<br>

And she's almost thirty-five<br>

And she's found her peace and found her release<br>

Happy just to be alive.<br>

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And she might go back to her Floyd<br>

If she thinks it's the thing to do<br>

He gave up murder and theft after she left<br>

And you know she still loves him to<br>

Just like a worn out shoe<br>

Just like a worn out shoe<br>

Just like a worn out shoe<br>

Just like a worn out shoe<br>

Just like a worn out shoe<br>

Just like a worn out shoe<br>

Just like a worn out shoe<br>

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Well they call her avenging Annie<br>

The avenger of womanhood<br>

She spends her whole life telling lies<br>

Leads them on a mess and over good.<br>

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