Lonnie And Josie

Lonnie and Josie
Elton John / Bernie Taupin
Recorded by Kiki Dee for her “Loving and Free” album (1973)

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Me and Lonnie from down a Cadillac
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Outside Laredo in the heat of the sun
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The driver was tanned and he looked like a salesman
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We were just children on the run

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He talked real funny like we never heard
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Must have been foreign I guess
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And I felt like an actress is an old, old movie
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As Lonnie and I drove away

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We were saying goodbye to the ones left behind
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Hello to the ones up ahead
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Lonnie and me were just running on East
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While the radio Deejay said

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Keep your eyes open for Lonnie and Josie
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Sixteen and fourteen playing hockey from school
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Last seen they were walking the road by the courtroom 
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Downtown Laredo at a quarter past two

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Our friend in the front seat turned around and smiled
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Grinning and shaking his head
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Asked us politely where we were going
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Where the sand turns to sea on the coast I said

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We were crossing the border just out of Texas
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Past the last dusty abandoned old farm
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With the A.M. playing songs of Sinatra
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Lonnie sleeping in my arms

We were saying goodbye to the ones left behind
Hello to the ones up ahead
Lonnie and me were just running on East
While the radio Deejay said

repeat chorus ad lib