My Imagination Running Wild Song Lyrics and Chords
My Imagination Running Wild Song Lyrics and Chords by Faron Young
My Imagination Running Wild
Recorded by Faron Young
Written by Billy Deaton
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Just like all the other
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times as we
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entered
Across the wide dance
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floor then to the
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I thought I saw him
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smile in your
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direction
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was my imagi
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nation
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running
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wild
With in minutes he had
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asked you for a
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dance
love
And oh too soon you
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said you'd like it
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fine
I thought you danced
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too close to the
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stranger
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was my imagi
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nation
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out of
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line
As the night grew old the
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wine had made you
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careless
It seemed to me that
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he was just your
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style
I said let's go home be
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fore there's some
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heartache
You said
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your
imagi
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nation's
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running
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wild
My mind was filled with
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cruel and painful
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visions
But afraid I might be wro
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ng I tried to smile
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Then you left with him and
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all my fears were
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happening
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poor
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nation
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just ran
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wild
And my poor imagi
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nation
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just ran
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wild
FAQ
Who sang the the song My Imagination Running Wild?
- The song My Imagination Running Wild was sang by Faron Young.
Who is Faron Young?
- Faron Young (February 25, 1932 - December 10, 1996) was an American country music producer, singer and songwriter from the early 1950s into the mid-1980s. Hits including "If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')" and "Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young" marked him as a honky-tonk singer in sound and personal style and his chart-topping singles "Hello Walls" and "It's Four in the Morning" showed his versatility as a vocalist. Known as the Hillbilly Heartthrob, and following a singing cowboy film role as the Young Sheriff, Young's singles charted for more than 30 years. In failing health, he died by suicide at 64 in 1996. Young is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.
