Jean Shepard

Possession Is Nine-Tenths of the Law

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You love her I know but I won't let you go I just won't step by all the way
'Cause you're married to me and I won't set you free
Possession is nine-tenths of the law so they say
I'll keep you as long as I possibly can you were mine before she came our way
I refused to abide and I won't step aside
Possession is nine-tenths of the law so they say
Forgive me for bein' so selfish but for me there's just no other way
I just want to hold arms do what's rightfully mine
Possession is nine-tenths of the law so they say

Forgive me for being so selfish...

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mellow_harsher On Aug 31, 2017

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