Two, three, four

(Woohoo, woohoo)
(Woohoo, woohoo)

Well, my heart knows me better than I know myself
So I'm gonna let it do all the talking
(Woohoo, woohoo)
I came across a place in the middle of nowhere
With a big black horse and a cherry tree
(Woohoo, woohoo)

I felt a little fear upon my back
I said don't look back, just keep on walking
(Woohoo, woohoo)
Well, the big black horse said "Look this way"
He said, "Hey lady, will you marry me?"
(Woohoo, woohoo)

But I said "No, no, no, no, no, no"
I said "No, no, you're not the one for me"
No, no, no, no, no, no
I said "No, no, you're not the one for me"

(Ooh, woohoo)

And my heart had a problem in the early hours
So I stopped it dead for a beat or two
(Woohoo, woohoo)
But I cut some cord, and I shouldn't have done it
And it won't forgive me after all these years
(Woohoo, woohoo)

So I sent her to a place in the middle of nowhere
With a big black horse and a cherry tree
(Woohoo, woohoo)
Now it won't come back 'cause it's oh-so-happy
And now I've got a hole for the world to see
(Woohoo, woohoo)

And it said "No, no, no, no, no, no"
I said "No, no, you're not the one for me"
No, no, no, no, no, no
I said "No, no, you're not the one for me"

(Ooh, woohoo) (not the one for me, yeah)
(Ooh, woohoo)
I said "No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
You're not the one for me" (woohoo)
No, no, no, no (woohoo)
No, no, no (woohoo)
No, no
You're not the one for me

Big black horse and a cherry tree
I can't quite get there 'cause my heart's forsaken me
Yeah, yeah, yeah (woohoo)
Big black horse and a cherry tree
I can't quite get there 'cause my heart's forsaken me


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    She says "woo hoo woo woo hoo" not "woo hoo woo hoo".

    I heard this on the radio, and thought she said "Black House and a Cherry Tree". . . . .

    Sooo about bestiality.

    farouhkon October 13, 2006   Link

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