Biography:
Jill Anna Maria Johnson, born May 24, 1973 in Ängelholm, is a Swedish country- and pop-singer and songwriter. She performed the Melodifestivalen 1998 winning song Kärleken är, and represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 with that song, which finished 10th with 53 points. In 2003 she again entered Melodifestivalen with Crazy in Love, which finished fourth in the final. She also hosted the final of Melodifestivalen in 2005. Johnson is today one of the most successful artists in Sweden, with several gold and platinum records.
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Her mom and dad grew up in this town
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Her brother Mark works at daddy's store
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Where she met a guy who took her breath away
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and said I do!
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They had a daughter late next fall
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Her mama said I've seen it all
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she act's just like you
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remember one thing
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So she fli---es
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Grabbin' all she can take in
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Grabbin' all she can take in
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Doesn't mean you can't have wings
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Her mom and dad move to town
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Like most round here, bought a little ground
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and planted roots.
Her mom and dad grew up in this town
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Married after school and settled down
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Like most 'round here, bought a little ground
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and planted roots.
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Her brother Mark works at daddy's store
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Sister Connie's workin' on kid number four
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But Rose hit eighteen and hit that door
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and she flew
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she said I know they're thinkin'
Em F
I'm just the wild thing
Just cause you've got roots
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Doesn't mean you can't have wings
CHORUS:
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So she fli---es
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soaring where she's never been
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Reaching out for a life
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Grabbin' all she can take in
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And she fli---es like an eagle on the wind
Just cause you've got roots
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Doesn't mean you can't have wings
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She moved to Dallas then Frisco Bay
Spent a year in Denver, wound up in L.A.
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Where she met a guy who took her breath away
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and said I do!
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They had a daughter late next fall
Took a trip back home to show her to mom
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Her mama said I've seen it all
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she act's just like you
Dm Em
Rose - when she grows up
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remember one thing
Just cause she's got roots
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Doesn't mean she can't have wings
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So she fli---es
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soaring where she's never been
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Reaching out for a life
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Grabbin' all she can take in
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And she fli---es like an eagle on the wind
Just cause you've got roots
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Doesn't mean you can't have wings
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So she fli---es
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soaring where she's never been
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Reaching out for a life
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Grabbin' all she can take in
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And she fli---es like an eagle on the wind
Just cause you've got roots
G F C
Doesn't mean you can't have wings
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Her mom and dad move to town
In north L.A they settled down
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Like most round here, bought a little ground
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and planted roots.
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