| He gets up each morning and he goes downtown
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| Where everyone’s his boss,
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| And he’s lost in an angry land.
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| He’s a little man.
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| But then he comes uptown
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| Each evening to my tentament.
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| Uptown where folks don’t have to pay much rent.
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| And when he’s there with me
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| He can see that he’s everything.
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| The man is tall, he don’t crawl. |
| He’s a king.
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| Downtown he’s just one of a million guys.
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| He don’t get no breaks,
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| And he takes all they got to give
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| 'cause he’s got to live.
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| But then he comes uptown
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| Where he can hold his head up high.
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| And uptown he knows I’m gonna be standing by.
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| And when I take his hand,
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| There’s no man who can put him down, down, down.
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| Oh, the world’s so sweet at his feet when he’s uptown.
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| Whoa-oo-oh-whoa.
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| When he’s uptown.
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| Whoa-oo-whoa-oo-whoa-oh-oh.
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| Don’t say nothin' bad about my baby.
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| Don’t say nothin' bad about my baby.
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| Don’t say nothin' bad about my baby.
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| Don’t say nothin' bad about my baby.
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| Don’t say nothin' bad about my baby.
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| Don’t say nothin' bad about my baby.
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| Don’t say nothin' bad about my baby.
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| Don’t!
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| Met him on a monday and my heart stood still.
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| Da doo run run run da doo run run.
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| Somebody told me that his name was Bill.
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| Da doo run run run da doo run run.
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| Whoa, my heart stood still.
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| Yeah, his name was Bill.
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| And when he walked me home,
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| Da doo run run run da doo run run.
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| He knew what he was doin' when he caught my eye.
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| Da doo run run run da doo run run.
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| He looked kind of quiet. |
| My, oh my.
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| Da doo run run run da doo run run.
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| Oh, he caught my eye.
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| My, my, my, my, oh my.
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| And when he walked me home,
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| Da doo run run run da doo run run.
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| Here we go!
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| Da doo run run run da doo run run.
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| Da doo run run run da doo run run.
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| Da doo run run run da doo run run.
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| Da do run run, hey!
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| Run-a-run-a-run-a-run-a-run-a-run-a-run.
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| Run-a-run-a-run-a-run-a-run-a-run-a-run.
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| Run-a-run-a-run, run-a-run-a-run.
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| Run-a-run-a-run-a-run-a-run-a-run-a-run.
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| Run-a-run-a-run, run-a-run-a-run.
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| Run-a-run-a-run-a-run-a-run-a-run-a-run |