Hey Loretta Song Lyrics and Chords by Loretta Lynn
Hey Loretta
Recorded by Loretta Lynn
Written by Shel Silverstein
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Well goodbye tubs and clothes lines goodbye pots and
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pans
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gonna take a
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greyhound bus as
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further
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as I
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can
I ain't a-gonna wash no windows and I ain't a-gonna scrub no
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floors
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when you rea
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lize I'm gone I'm
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gonna
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hear you
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roar
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you'll say hey Loretta I
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love you more than my Irish Setter
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Hey Loretta
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don't leave me
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alone
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Hey Loretta I
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swear I'm a-gonna treat you better
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Buy you brand new
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overalls if you'll
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only
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come back
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home
I work my fingers to the bone and we don't hardly
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speak
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all I ever
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get is a little
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kiss about
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once a
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week
So you can feed the chickens and you can milk the
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cow
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woman's
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ration honey is a-
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gonna
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start right
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now
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I'll dress up like a movie star and pretty up my
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hair
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no one here is a-
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gonna know what
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I'll be
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doing
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there
I'll be swinging from a chandelier and bouncing off the
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walls
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stead of lovin'
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just one man I'm a-
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gonna
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love 'em
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all
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Hey Loretta?
- The song Hey Loretta was sang by Loretta Lynn.
Who is Loretta Lynn?
- Loretta Lynn (née Webb April 14, 1932) is an American singer-songwriter. In a career which spans six decades in country music, Lynn has released multiple gold albums. She is famous for hits such as "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)", "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)", "One's on the Way", "Fist City" and "Coal Miner's Daughter" along with the 1980 biographical film of the same name.
Lynn has received numerous awards and other accolades for her groundbreaking role in country music, including awards from both the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music as a duet partner and an individual artist. She has been nominated 18 times for a GRAMMY Award, and has won 3 times. Lynn is the most awarded female country recording artist and the only female ACM Artist of the Decade (1970s). Lynn has scored 24 No. 1 hit singles and 11 number one albums. She ended nearly 50 years of touring on the road after she suffered a stroke in 2017 and then broke her hip in 2018.
