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"You are the last person I would date!
Dad's the town drunk and you well amount to nothing."
From the girl I had a crush on from second grade
Her stinging words, "You well not amount to anything"
I'd saved a jar of pennies for the date
My crush had something to do with the annual
Under my picture, "Student most unlikely to succeed!"
I should have taken that as a no without asking
The guy she wanted to go with dropped her for her sister
I curse that I never thought of that a much better looking girl

 It stung, I told all my friends I finally got up the courage, rejection!
I went bowling, later went to college, and Captain of the Bowling team
After Four years in Airforce working alone in emergency room
On a basketball scholarship I entered college
One girls dorm voted me Prom King
I met and married one of the most beautiful popular girls in school
So in a way I have to thank her for making me want to prove her wrong
I was married bought a house far above her trailer Park
One day my financial advisor said you are officially a Millionaire
Next day the stock market went crashing downward
I ran into her at work, black eye beaten alcoholic
Part of this is made up I well let you guess which part
I drove by and they condemmed and tore down the Trailer park
She was on her fourth husband all losers and alcoholics
I think I was lucky I had bowling as a backup to proms

 







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