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I run at things too fast, |
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only give them half a chance- |
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Say what you want, what you will, |
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but it's true. |
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I'm far too lazy, |
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I do enough but nothing more. |
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I like to drink, I like to play- |
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Do you too? |
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You never know |
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just what the blues are like |
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until you take |
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a taste of the sweet life. |
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I found an angel, |
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a reason to smile- |
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A best friend. |
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Until I knew her I never knew |
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what a woman can do- |
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Did what she want, did what she will- |
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Is it true? |
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She holds her own, she holds mine too, |
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we do a marry dance. |
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Do what we want, do what we will- |
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Do you too? |
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I brush her hair |
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and it crackles with the static- |
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I never meant to kiss her, |
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it was purely automatic. |
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She's my angel, |
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she's my Betty Blue, |
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she's my best friend. |
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(solo) |
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Her fingers drumming time, drumming time, |
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Drumming on my heating heart. |
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I got it good, I've got it bad- |
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It's true, uh-huh. |
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You never know |
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just what the blues are like |
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until you take |
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a taste of the sweet life. |
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I found an angel, |
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a reason to smile- |
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A best friend. |
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She's gone, |
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she's out of sight, |
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she's my love me tender, |
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my P. G. fright, |
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my lady day in the dead of night, |
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my best friend. |
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She's my best friend. |