Sudden Stop Lyrics - Percy Sledge

I got a "dear john" letter in the mail just the other day 

I opened it up and there wasn't much left to say 

A bus ticket, plane ticket, train ticket 

There's about a hundred ways to leave 

It ain't her goodbye, it's her gone that's killin' me 

refrain: 

'cause I'm here to tell you 

If I learned one thing about love 

It ain't the fall that gets you 

It's the sudden stop that does 

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Well I wasn't gonna take this broken heart laying down 

So I jumped up, cranked up and headed for the lights of town 

In a bright red drop dead tight dress she said, "honey come on in" 

And head over high heels, here I go again 

refrain 

Red light green light seat belt real tight 

I'm headed straight for the wall 

Goin' ninety miles an hour well I'm gonna risk it all 

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'cause I'm here to tell you 

If I learned one thing about love 

It ain't the fall that gets you 

It's the sudden stop 

It ain't the fall at all 

It's that sudden stop 

It ain't the fall that gets you 

It's the sudden stop that does