VIDEO
Shady Rest Song Lyrics and Chords by Mel Street
Shady Rest
Recorded by Mel Street
Written by Bob McDill
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Oh she was twenty-one she
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liked to have her
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fun and she was
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restless
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met her through a friend
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just one look then
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I knew I was
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helpless
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there beside the highway
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underneath the trees
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fifteen cozy rooms
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and a coke machine
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summer nights were warm
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found a home
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away from home at
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They said she married well I
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read all they had to
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tell in the
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papers
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thought she had it all till
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she gave me a
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call three weeks
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later
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there beside the highway
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underneath the trees
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fifteen cozy rooms
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and fourteen vacancies
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autumn nights were cool
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found a home
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away from home at
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love was somehow special our
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love was somehow
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blessed
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years it never faltered
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down at Shady Rest
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Now she's thirty-one with
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three kids at
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home and a husband
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waiting
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got kids of my own but I
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spend my time at
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home
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pating
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there beside the highway
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underneath the trees
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nights a week in
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good old number three
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winter nights are cold
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found a home
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away from home at
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(Shady Rest
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Shady Rest) stay a little longer
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(Shady Rest
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Shady Rest) please don't go
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Shady Rest
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Shady Rest) honey don't worry
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(Shady Rest
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Shady Rest) nobody's gonna know
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Shady
FAQ
Who sang the the song Shady Rest?
- The song Shady Rest was sang by Mel Street.
Who is Mel Street?
- King Malachi "Mel" Street (October 21, 1933 - October 21, 1978) was an American country music singer who had 13 top-20 hits on the Billboard country charts.