| I should be knocking at the door of the pearly gates
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| Why keep a poor man alive in a job he hates
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| I’ve heard that good things will come to he who waits
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| I should be riding on a float in the hit parade
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| Instead of standing on the curb behind the barricade
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| Another verse in the doormat serenade
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| Won’t you put me on top (oooh, put me on top)
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| Won’t you put me on top or change the odds
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| Won’t you put me on top (oooh, put me on top)
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| Or at least put some hope in the bottom of the box
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| Oh, at least put some hope in the box for me
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| 'Cause it’s only black and white and not a lot of each
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| There’s a remote on the shelf, but it’s out of reach
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| Won’t you put me on top (oooh, put me on top)
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| Won’t you put me on top or change the odds
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| Won’t you put me on top (oooh, put me on top)
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| Or at least put some hope in the bottom of the box
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| Put some hope in the bottom of the box for me
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| I need it
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| (Oooh, put me on top)
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| Won’t you put me on top (oooh, put me on top)
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| Won’t you put me on top or change the odds
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| Won’t you put me on top (oooh, put me on top)
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| Or at least put some hope in the bottom of the box
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| Put me on (oooh, put me on top)
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| Won’t you put me on top again (change the odds)
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| Or at least put some hope (oooh, put me on top)
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| Put some home in the bottom of the box
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| Oh, at least put some hope in the bottom of the box |