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Once upon a time, way back a long time ago |
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When the universe consisted of nothing more elaborate than |
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Mark Bolman, oh, thank you |
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FrankAnd don't misspell it, that's not |
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Marc Bolan |
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That's Mark |
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VolmanHiya friends, |
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I wanna welcome each |
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And everyone of you, |
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I wanna say to you tonight |
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I feel great, |
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I mean, I feel great |
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Everywhere |
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I go people are always comin' up to me |
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And they say |
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Mark, Mark, |
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MarkMark are you kiddin', lemme tell you this friends |
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I am not kiddin', |
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I mean, I am portly and |
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I am maroon |
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Well, how many people here tonight can guess what |
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I am?Ah, I can't guess what you are |
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Well, then |
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I'll give you some clues |
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And the first clue is, |
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I am portly |
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Does that help? |
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Not muchNo, |
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I don't know who you are |
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Okay, I got one, clue number two |
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I am double knit, does that help? |
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No, not much, whaddya mean? |
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Well, then |
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I've to give you one more clue |
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I know this is gonna give it away |
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And I hate like damn to tell you this |
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But clue number three |
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Ich bin Maroon! |
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Ah you're a sofa! |
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Once upon a time, way back a long time ago |
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When the universe consisted |
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Of nothing more elaborate than |
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Mark Volman, thank you, |
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FrankTrying to convince each and every member |
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Of this extremely hip audience here tonight |
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That he was nothing more, nothing less |
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Than a fat maroon sofa |
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Suspended in the midst of a great emptiness |
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A light shined down from heaven |
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And there he was ladies and gentleman |
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The good Lord and he took |
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He took a look at the sofa |
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And he said to himself"Quite an attractive sofa""This sofa could be commercial" |
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With a few more |
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Margaritas |
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And the right company |
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However, I digress"What this sofa needs" said the |
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Big 'G'"Is a bit of flooring underneath of it" |
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And so in order to make this construction project possible, |
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He summoned the assistance of the celestial corp of engineers |
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And, by means of a cute little song in the |
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German language |
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Which is the way he talks whenever it's heavy business |
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The good Lord went something like this |
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Take it away |
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Jim PonsGib zu mir etwas |
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Fussbodenbelag |
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Unter diesen fetten fliessenden sofa |
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EverybodyGib zu mir etwas |
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Fussbodenbelag |
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Unter diesen fetten fliessenden sofa |
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And of course ladies and gentlemen that means |
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Give unto me a bit of flooring under this fat floating sofa |
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And sure enough boards of oak appeared |
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Throughout the emptiness as far as vision permits |
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Stretching all the way from |
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Belfast to |
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Bogner Regis |
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And the Lord put aside his huge cigar |
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And proceeded to deliver unto the charming |
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Maroonish sofa, the bulk of his message |
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With the assistance of a small electric clarinet |
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And it went something like this |
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Take it away |
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Jim PonsGib zu mir etwas |
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Fussbodenbelag |
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Unter diesen fetten fliessenden sofa |
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EverybodyGib zu mir etwas |
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Fussbodenbelag |
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Unter diesen fetten fliessenden sofa |
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And of course ladies and gentlemen, that means |
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Give unto me a bit of flooring under this fat floating sofa |
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And sure enough boards of oak appeared |
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Throughout the emptiness as far as vision permits |
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Stretching all the way from |
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Belfast to |
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Bagner Regious |
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And the Lord put aside his huge cigar |
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And proceeded to deliver unto the charming |
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Maroonish sofa the bulk of his message |
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With the assistance of a small electric clarinet |
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And he went something like this |