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She don't want nobody near |
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But you can't get away from that |
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They appear and disappear |
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And they all get a string attached |
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Pretty soon they got you hanging on the line |
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Pretty soon they're singing one by one the same old rhyme |
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They say, I'm alright, I just can't get home tonight |
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She don't want nobody home |
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'Cause it's a little too crowded then |
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But she don't wanna be alone |
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So they just keep pouring in |
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Pretty soon they got her headed for the door |
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She comes home to find |
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That they're not hanging 'round no more |
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She says I'm alright, you just can't get home tonight |
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Don't you wonder what she looks like in the light? |
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She says I'm alright, I just can't get home tonight |
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Pretty whitewashed lies, endless alibis |
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And the reasons that need cleaning every night |
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Half a world away, you can't wash away the stain of the deceiving |
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And the things that you cannot believe, and well |
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She don't want no one around |
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'Cause she don't want anybody to see |
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What she looks like when she's down |
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'Cause that's a really sad place to be |
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Pretty soon she gets them crawling up the walls |
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Then she wonders why they beg her please to never call |
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She says, I'm ok. It's alright. Hey, look who's on TV tonight |
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She says, I'm alright, I just can't get home tonight |
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Don't you wonder why it's dark outside at night? |
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She says, I'm alright, I just can't get home tonight |
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She says, I'm alright, I just can't get home tonight |