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Intro
G (alternate between |320003| and |302003| intro only)
SOL
She was livin' in a cadillac
SOL
Bedded down in the back seat
SOL RE
On a back street of the Hollywood hills
RE
With a shoebox museum of memories
RE SOL
Old photos and medical bills
SOL
She'd been a great actress in two dozen movies
SOL SOL7 DO
Played Shakespeare on the great London stage
DO SOL
Before the three husbands, six kids and bad breaks
SOL RE SOL
Of fifty-eight odd years of age
SOL
Him they called fat boy wore grey overalls
SOL RE
And he clocked in at four hundred pounds
RE
With a passion for food and film magazines
RE SOL
He'd been a great critic downtown
SOL
He'd seen all her movies, worshipped her face
SOL SOL7 DO
Heard her story and took her on in
DO SOL
Though she bore no resemblance to the star he adored
SOL RE SOL SOL7
The film's over before real life begins
Chorus
SOL7 DO
She told him of a fountain of youth
DO RE
In the hot Texas earth
RE DO
It'll heal and renew us
DO RE
It's somewhere west of Fort Worth
RE DO
And she met Errol Flynn there
DO SOL DO
In the Crazy Water Hotel
DO LAm
And they danced down the street
LAm RE DO
In the moonlight of old Mineral Wells
G (alternate between |320003| and |302003|)
SOL
So they boarded a greyhound in search of the fountain
SOL RE
Fat boy and the aging film queen
RE
Through the Great Painted Desert and all across Texas
RE SOL
Amarillo plain to Abilene
SOL
They got off in Fort Worth for a fresh cup of coffee
SOL SOL7 DO
Caught the local to old Mineral Wells
DO SOL
And it dropped them in front of that boarded up palace
SOL RE SOL
Called the Crazy Water Hotel
SOL
Disillusioned they found a cheap room off the highway
SOL RE
Drank vodka from a styrofoam cup
RE
There'd be no healing return to the past
RE SOL
The fountain of youth had dried up
SOL
So the critic and the film star held hands and drank vodka
SOL SOL7 DO
As the great Texas sun rose and fell
DO SOL
And drunk but still dreaming they waltzed down the street
SOL RE SOL SOL7
In the moonlight of old Mineral Wells
Repeat Chorus
DO LAm
They danced down the street
LAm RE SOL DO SOL RE SOL
In the moonlight of old Mineral Wells
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