Buttons And Bows Song Lyrics and Chords by Jim Ed Brown
Buttons And Bows
Recorded by Jim Ed and The Browns
Written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
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East is east and west is west
And the wrong one I have chose
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Let's go where I'll
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keep on
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wearin'
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frills and
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flowers and
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buttons and
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bows
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things and
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buttons and
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bows
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Don't
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bury me in this prairie
Take me where the cement grows
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Let's move down to
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some big
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town
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love a
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gal by the
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cut of her
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you'll stand
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out in
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bows
I'll
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love you in buckskin
Or skirts that you've home
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spun
But I'll
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love you longer stronger where
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friends don't tote a
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gun
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My bones denounce the buckboard bounce
And the cactus hurts my toes
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Let's vamoose where
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gals keep
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usin'
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silks and
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satins and
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linen that
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I'm all
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yours in
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buttons and
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bows
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eastern trimmin' where
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women are women
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In high silk hose and
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peek-a-boo
clothes
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And French perfume that
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rocks the room
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And I'm all yours in
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buttons and
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bows
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Buttons and
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bows
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buttons and
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bows
FAQ
Who sang the the song Buttons And Bows?
- The song Buttons And Bows was sang by Jim Ed Brown.
Who is Jim Ed Brown?
- James Edward Brown (April 1, 1934 - June 11, 2015) was an American country singer-songwriter who achieved fame in the 1950s with his two sisters as a member of the Browns. He later had a successful solo career from 1965 to 1974, followed by a string of major duet hits with fellow country music vocalist Helen Cornelius, through 1981. Brown was also the host of the Country Music Greats Radio Show, a syndicated country music program from Nashville, Tennessee.
