I Use The Soap Song Lyrics and Chords by Tanya Tucker
I Use The Soap
Recorded by Tanya Tucker
Written by David Gates
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I use the soap to wash the
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dirt off my face
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I write with pencil so that I can
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erase
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But what's to do when someone's
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taking my place with
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you with
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you
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I know to stop when the
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light turns to red
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And when it rains I know to
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cover my head
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But what's to do when I
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wished I was dead over
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you over
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you over
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you
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La la la la la la
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la la la la
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la la la
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Learnin' to
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write off
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tomorrow
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la la la la
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la la la
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Hopin' to
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wash off the
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oh
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oh
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I woke to find that the
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world was not there
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It ceased to me when I
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found you did not care
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Then my ambition vanished
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into thin air along with
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you with
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you
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Now my emotions find it
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hard to let go
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And as for me I'll find a
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new row to hoe
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But maybe this time I will
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take it more slow
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before
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before than
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before
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FAQ
Who sang the the song I Use The Soap?
- The song I Use The Soap was sang by Tanya Tucker.
Who is Tanya Tucker?
- Tanya Denise Tucker (born October 10, 1958) is an American country music singer and songwriter who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13. Over the succeeding decades, Tucker became one of the few child performers to mature into adulthood without losing her audience, and during the course of her career, she notched a streak of top-10 and top-40 hits.
She has had several successful albums, several Country Music Association award nominations, and hit songs such as 1973's "What's Your Mama's Name?" and "Blood Red and Goin' Down", 1975's "Lizzie and the Rainman", 1988's "Strong Enough to Bend", and 1992's "Two Sparrows in a Hurricane". Tucker's 2019 album While I'm Livin' won the Grammy Award for Best Country Album, and "Bring My Flowers Now" from that same album won Tucker a shared songwriting Grammy for Best Country Song.
