Biography:
Lori McKenna (née Lorraine Giroux, born December 22, 1968) is an American folk singer/songwriter. Her album releases to date include Paper Wings and Halo (2000), Pieces of Me (2001), The Kitchen Tapes (2004), Bittertown (2004), Unglamorous (2007), Lorraine (2011), and Massachusetts (2013).
Lori McKenna’s first name is actually Lorraine. She is named after the mother she lost when she was only seven, but whose impact on Lori’s life reverberates to this day.
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Other songs:
- A Mother Never Rests
- Afternoons
- All A Woman Wants
- All I Ever Do
- All These Things
- Always Want You
- American Revolver
- Beautiful Man
- Better With Time
- Bible Song
- Buy This Town
- Confetti
- Cowardly Lion
- Deserving Song
- Drinkin Problem
- Fake Plastic Trees
- Falter
- Fireflies
- Girl Like Me
- Giving Up On Your Hometown
- God Never Made One Of Us To Be Alone
- God Will Thank You
- Good Marriage
- Grown Up Now
- Halfway Home
- Hardly Speaking A Word
- How Romantic Is That
- How To Be Righteous
- How To Survive
- Humble And Kind
- I Know You
- If He Tried
- If Whiskey Were A Woman
- If You Ask
- Im Not Crazy
- Instead
- Its Easy When You Smile
- Jealousy
- Ladders And Parachutes
- Leaving This Life
- Like Patsy Would
- Lone Star
- Lorraine
- Love Can Put It Back Together
- Love To Be Cruel For
- Make Every Word Hurt
- Mars
- Monday Afternoon
- Mr Sunshine
- My Love Follows You Where You Go
- My Sweetheart
- Never Be Back
- Never Die Young
- Not In This Life
- Numbered Doors
- Old Men Young Women
- One Man
- Paper Wings And Halo
- Paying The Price
- People Get Old
- Pieces Of Me
- Pink Sweater
- Pour
- Rocket Science
- Rose Of Jericho
- Rubys Shoes
- Salt
- Shouting
- Silver Bus
- Smaller And Smaller
- Starlight
- Susanna
- Swallows Me Whole
- Sweet Disposition
- Take Me With You When You Go
- Thats How You Know
- The Bird And The Rifle
- The Lot Behind St Marys
- The Luxury Of Knowing
- The Most
- The Other Boys
- The Time Ive Wasted
- This Fire
- Three Kids No Husband
- Time Ive Wasted
- Time Ive Wasted On You
- Unglamorous
- We Were Cool
- Whats One More Time
- Witness To Your Life
- Would You Love Me Then
- Wreck You
- Written Permission
- You Are Loved
- You Get A Love Song
- Your Next Lover
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[Intro]
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A D A D
[Verse 1]
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All the geeks from high school
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Go on to become rock stars
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All the others reach their peak
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And then don't know who they are
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You can always find them at
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The bar downtown talkin' 'bout the old days
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[Verse 2]
A D
You bully boys would chase him
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Down the halls of that school
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The teachers didn't care
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'cause they all wished they were cool
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You know you'd beat him senseless
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If you could, and you always could
[Chorus]
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Kill the weak, lone star
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We all want to be popular
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Run him down and by some miracle
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We will all become beautiful ...
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[Verse 3]
A D
Then the day comes when you hear
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His song on the radio
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You realize he never made it to the
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Five-year reunion a few years ago
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Where you sat back and drank a beer
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To the old class geek who's probably queer
[Bridge]
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And the fat girl at the prom
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The one who had her mother's dress on
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She's smiling on the video
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And you're the cashier down at the old Texaco
[Chorus]
D A D
Kill the weak, lone star
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We all want to be popular
A D
Run him down and by some miracle
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We will all become beautiful ...
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[Verse 4]
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So you got the day off today from that job that you hate
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Your ex-wife is leaving messages on your machine
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About how your alimony payment is late
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But the big arena's filling up for the show
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And you and the boys are gonna go
[Chorus]
D A D
Kill the weak, lone star
A D
We all want to be popular
A D
Run him down and by some miracle
B7 D
We will all become
B7 D A D
We will all become beautiful ...
A D
A D
A D
[Outro]
B7 E
Tell all the pretty girls in the beer line
D
How you are a good friend of mine ...
A D A D
A D A D
[Verse 1]
A D
All the geeks from high school
A D
Go on to become rock stars
A D
All the others reach their peak
A D
And then don't know who they are
B7
You can always find them at
E D A D
The bar downtown talkin' 'bout the old days
A D
[Verse 2]
A D
You bully boys would chase him
A D
Down the halls of that school
A
The teachers didn't care
D A
'cause they all wished they were cool
B7
You know you'd beat him senseless
E D A D
If you could, and you always could
[Chorus]
D A D
Kill the weak, lone star
A D
We all want to be popular
A D
Run him down and by some miracle
B7 D A D
We will all become beautiful ...
A D
[Verse 3]
A D
Then the day comes when you hear
A D
His song on the radio
A D
You realize he never made it to the
A D A
Five-year reunion a few years ago
B7 E
Where you sat back and drank a beer
D A D
To the old class geek who's probably queer
[Bridge]
E
And the fat girl at the prom
D
The one who had her mother's dress on
E
She's smiling on the video
D A
And you're the cashier down at the old Texaco
[Chorus]
D A D
Kill the weak, lone star
A D
We all want to be popular
A D
Run him down and by some miracle
B7 D A D
We will all become beautiful ...
A D
[Verse 4]
A D A D
So you got the day off today from that job that you hate
A D
Your ex-wife is leaving messages on your machine
A D
About how your alimony payment is late
B7 E
But the big arena's filling up for the show
D A
And you and the boys are gonna go
[Chorus]
D A D
Kill the weak, lone star
A D
We all want to be popular
A D
Run him down and by some miracle
B7 D
We will all become
B7 D A D
We will all become beautiful ...
A D
A D
A D
[Outro]
B7 E
Tell all the pretty girls in the beer line
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How you are a good friend of mine ...
Lorraine Feather
Lorrie Morgan
Lorso
Los 007
Los 3 Sudamerica (...)