[00:11.04]I knew a man once very long ago
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[00:15.53]They say that he was born in buffalo
[00:19.11]But I don't believe it
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[00:21.78]Buffalo was never sufficiently gilded and pearled
[00:26.69]
[00:27.22]And this man turned out to be
[00:31.63]The play boy of the western world
[00:34.95]
[00:36.00]Oh he was elegant past all dreaming
[00:43.90]
[00:44.92]He made seeming seem like the real mccoy
[00:50.16]
[00:51.64]All the sheiks of Araby all the shahs of Persia
[00:58.48]
[00:59.36]Couldn't hold a candle to this boy
[01:04.73]
[01:06.12]When he walked through a room
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[01:09.60]It looked as handsome as Napoleon's tomb
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[01:13.36]And the ford he rode
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[01:16.92]Could have been mercedes benz a la mode
[01:20.70]When he took me out I didn't doubt
[01:25.26]That we were going to the Astor or the Sherry Netherland
[01:29.24]
[01:29.81]Spring seemed to linger
[01:33.25]In the little bunch of flowers he pressed into my hand
[01:37.70]
[01:38.89]Little bunch of flowers didn't cost a dime
[01:42.70]Picked them in the park in their prime
[01:45.64]
[01:48.01]He went around with his heart unfurled
[01:50.74]The one and only play boy of the western world
[01:54.54]
[01:55.13]You could fall in love with everyone you'd meet
[01:58.45]
[01:58.98]When you walked with him down the street
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[02:12.31]Play boys die young this one did too
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[02:19.62]All worn out making dreams come true
[02:26.54]
[02:27.30]And the world was grim again without him again
[02:31.95]Without him
[02:33.72]
[02:35.13]For he was elegant past all dreaming
[02:44.29]He made seeming seem like the real mccoy
[02:49.56]
[02:51.15]All the sheiks of Araby all the shahs of Persia
[02:57.77]
[02:59.08]Couldn't hold a candle to this boy
[03:04.38]
[03:05.52]When they took him out oh I didn't doubt
[03:09.50]
[03:10.03]That he was going to Miami or some other wonderland
[03:15.02]
[03:15.67]Spring seemed to linger
[03:18.89]In the little bunch of flowers I pressed into his hand
[03:23.62]
[03:24.70]Little bunch of flowers didn't cost a dime
[03:27.93]
[03:28.49]Picked them in the park in their prime
[03:31.65]
[03:34.10]He went around with his heart unfurled
[03:36.85]The one and only play boy of the western world
[03:41.06]He was the play boy of the western world
[03:44.53]
[03:45.23]The play boy of the western world