| I ain’t seen your face for a long long while
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| Hope you’re living life in good style
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| You have your troubles that I do not envy
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| But I got my own trouble file
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| Get on the stand now, play the music, build another band
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| Past times have been good
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| Laughing and joking night, noon and day
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| No reason it should not always be that way
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| I saw a friend today who said he’d seen you
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| Looking so low down and blue
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| He said you needed comfort but he did not know
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| Just what to say to you
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| But get on the stand now, play the music, build another band
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| Past times have been good
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| Laughing and joking night, noon and day
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| No reason it should not always be that way
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| Now, you’re a big boy now, you don’t need a smack
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| To straighten out your head
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| There’s many who love you and want to see you play
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| And paint the town bright red
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| Get on the stand now, play the music, build another band
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| Past times have been good
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| Laughing and joking night, noon and day
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| No reason it should not always be that way |