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Date:  December 16, 1999

Album:

Written by:

Note: Thanks to "Dan Mooney" )fullmoon121@uswest.net) for lyric

corrections. Thanks to Bill Belanger (Jeimwrus@aol.com) for lyric

corrections.





         CARLENE      Phil Vassar



E               A             B

I was lousy at math failed historian 

  E      A                B

Carlene was the Valedic-torian

             E     A           B 

I was the quarter-back in the back of the class

                 E           A            B     E A B

And she was the wiz kid in horn rimmed glasses-es

E               A                  B

Been long time since I'be been a-round

           E     A          B   

Since I stepped foot on my old stomping ground

E                  A          B

I ended up by the old school yard

          E                      A           B

And this red head pulls up in a blue sports car and says

  C#m                B

I be you don't re-member  I guess it's been forever

C#m                               B

It took a second to put it all together  I said



CHORUS:

E               A               B

Oh la la la la la la  looking good Carlene

    E                 A              B

Wo my my my my my my my time's been good to you

B             

If you know what I mean

A                         E

Girl you glinter like Hollywood

      B                                 E   E A B E A B

Good God Carlene you sure are looking good





              E            A         B

And she said Hop in let's go for a spin

         E                              A               B 

Tell me what you've been doing boy and where've you've been

       E                  A                  B

I said I write songs and you probably don't know

       E             A                B            E  A B

And finally got a couple out on the country radio-oh-oh-oh

            E             A           B

She said, What a switch Ain't life funny

      E        A             B

I've got my ph-D  now I'm modeling for money

   E                A 

Imagine little Miss 4 point oh  

       B                          

Just smiling for the camera on the cover of Vogue

         C#m                       B

I said, Come a long ways since graduation Let me say without reservation

      C#m                         B

You surpassed everyone's expect-ations now        go to chorus

A

I said I hope to see you again someday

E

She said another ten years is too long to wait

A

Pick me up at my momma's at eight



Go to Chorus to ending



ENDING:

    E              A           B  

Oh la la la la la la looking good Carlene

    E                 A              B

Wo my my my my my my my time's been good to you

B

If you know what I mean



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