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Verse/Chorus Song Clip (from "Honky-Tonk Opera PRV1" by Railtown)      Buy This Song in the Blue Clover Record Store

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                                        THE RECIPE

[man]      It was four in the mornin', when I stumbled in
               Expecting to find her cryin' again
[woman] Instead, in the kitchen, he read my good-bye
               In a letter I taped to the recipe file

[together]      Warm up a jukebox with an old ocuntry song
                    Mix in your cheatin', and stay out till dawn
                    Add just a teaspoon of teardrops I've cried
                    Cover with excuses and weak alibis
                    When you've had a taste, I think you'll agree
                    There's nothing so bitter as a fool's recipe

[man]       There was no light from the doorway at the end of the hall
               And our picture was missing from it's place on the wall
[woman]  I left it torn up on our bedroom floor
               I just can't see us together no more

[together]      Warm up a jukebox with an old ocuntry song
                    Mix in your cheatin', and stay out till dawn
                    Add just a teaspoon of teardrops I've cried
                    Cover with excuses and weak alibis
                    When you've had a taste, I think you'll agree
                    There's nothing so bitter as a fool's recipe

                    When you've had a taste, I think you'll agree
                    There's nothing so bitter as a fool's recipe

      Written by Scott Tonkinson and Jeff Stewart
      Copyright Tonkinsong / Blue Clover Music (ASCAP)
    
   (The recording - MP3 - here is the male solo version.)