I Dropped Your Name Song Lyrics and Chords by Leona Williams
I Dropped Your Name
Recorded by Leona Williams
Written by Terry Skinner and Ken Bell
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I dropped your
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name in Chicago
A flicker of
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change starting tomorrow
And the
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reason I called you
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tonight
Is just to
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explain
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You'll be a free
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man in the
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morning
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Are you happy
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now you got what you wanted
Your
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ticket to freedom is
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covered with stain
From the
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tears that I cried in
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Chicago
When I dropped your
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name
Oh what a
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shame when true lovers
Start facing
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blame on each other
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they go their own separate
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ways
Even though
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love
re
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mains
I dropped your
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name in Chicago
But I stopped the
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rain sure as the wind blows
I'll
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take what you left of my
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heart
And I'll love
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again
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You'll be a free
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man in the
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morning
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Are you happy
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now you got what you wanted
Your
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ticket to freedom is
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other
mistakes
From the
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tears that I cried in
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Chicago
When I dropped your
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name
Repeat #3
It ended last
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night at your farewell party
The rest of my
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life I have to get started
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I celebrated
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alone with champagne
At a
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party last night in
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Chicago
When I dropped your
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name
At a
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party last night in
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I dropped your
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name
FAQ
Who sang the the song I Dropped Your Name?
- The song I Dropped Your Name was sang by Leona Williams.
Who is Leona Williams?
- Leona Belle Helton (born January 7, 1943 in Vienna, Missouri, United States) is an American country music singer known professionally as Leona Williams. Active since 1958, Williams has been a backing musician for Loretta Lynn and Merle Haggard and The Strangers. (She and Haggard were married between 1978 and 1983.) She also charted eight times on Hot Country Songs, with her only Top 40 hit being a duet with Haggard titled "The Bull and the Beaver."
