The Choices She Made Now Song Lyrics and Chords by Charlie Pride
The Choices She Made
Recorded by Charley Pride
Written by Ted Harris
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She didn't have to marry down so
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far
Fool with raising
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babies or drive an older
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car
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She didn't have to give so much and
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be so underpaid
Lord I don't know
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how she's living
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with the choices she
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made
She didn't have to wear those bargain
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threads
Or roughen up those
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dainty hands mopping floors and changing
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beds
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She had it sweet on easy street
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with a hand she could have played
But she threw out all her
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aces
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for the choices she
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made
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She'll stand there in defiance of a
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logic she ignored
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With a strangely peaceful smile upon her
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face
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Using up her youth on some old
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cowboy
Who's
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try'n' to pay the bills on hope and
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faith
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Time goes by it doesn't change a
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thing
But she still thinks
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it's worth it all to wear that little
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ring
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And I still lay beside her wishing
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I was worth the price she paid
All teary eyed and
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thankful
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for the choices she
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made
FAQ
Who sang the the song The Choices She Made Now?
- The song The Choices She Made Now was sang by Charlie Pride.
Who is Charlie Pride?
- Charley Frank Pride (March 18, 1934 - December 12, 2020) was an American singer, guitarist, and professional baseball player. His greatest musical success came in the early to mid 1970s, when he was the best-selling performer for RCA Records since Elvis Presley. During the peak years of his recording career (1966-1987), he had 52 top-10 hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, 30 of which made it to number one. He won the Entertainer of the Year award at the Country Music Association Awards in 1971.
Pride is one of three African-American members of the Grand Ole Opry (the others being DeFord Bailey and Darius Rucker). He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2000.
