| It’s a little bit funny Lord, this feeling inside
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| I’m not one of those who can easily hide
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| I don’t have much money but, boy, if I did
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| I’d buy a big mansion where we both could live
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| If, if, if I was a sculpture Lord, honey, but then again, no
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| (Then again no, no)
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| Or a man who makes potions in a travelin' show
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| I know it’s not much, I know it’s not much, but it’s the best I can do
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| You gave me a gift Lord, and I’m gon' sing it for you
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| And you can tell everybody that this is your song
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| (This is your song)
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| It may be a quite, quite simple, but that’s how it’s done
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| I hope you don’t mind, I hope you don’t mind
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| What I wrote down in words, words
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| How wonderful life is
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| When you’re in the world, world, world
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| If, if
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| (if)
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| If I was on a rooftop, I’d kick off my shoes
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| (Kick off my shoes, kick my shoes off)
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| I’ll write a few verses and then I get the blues
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| But the sun’s been quite, quite kind while I wrote this song
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| It’s for people like you and people like me
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| I wanna, I wanna keep turnin' on
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| So excuse me for forgetting, but these things I do Lord
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| (These things I do Lord)
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| You see, you see I’ve forgotten if they’re green or blue
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| Anyway the thing is, anyway the thing is, what I really mean
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| You’ve are the sweetest eyes, you’ve got the sweetest eyes
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| The clearest eyes I’ve ever seen, I hope you go back
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| I hope you, I hope you got back and tell everybody
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| That this is your song
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| (This is your song)
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| It may be quite, quite simple, but now that’s how it’s done
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| I hope you don’t mind, I hope you don’t mind
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| But I wrote down in words, Lord, words
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| I’m doin' it for how wonderful it is
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| When you’re in the world, world, world
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| If, if
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| (If)
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| If I sat upon a rooftop I’d kick off my shoes, oh yeah
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| (Kick off my shoes, kick my shoes off)
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| I’ll write a few verses and then I get the blues
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| But the sun’s been quite, quite kind while I wrote this song
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| It’s for people like you, people like me
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| I wanna, wanna keep turnin' on, so excuse me, so excuse me
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| So excuse me forgetting, but these things I do
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| (These things I do Lord)
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| You see, you see I’ve forgotten if they’re green or blue, baby
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| And anyway the thing is, anyway the thing is, what I really mean
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| You are the sweetest eyes, the sweetest eyes
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| The sweetest eyes I’ve ever seen
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| I want you to go back, go back and and tell everybody
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| That Billy Paul’s got a song
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| (Billy Paul’s got a song)
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| I’m, I’m gonna sit upon a, a rooftop and kick my shoes off
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| I’m gonna write it (write it), write it (write it), write it (write it)
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| I might come out with the Gospel
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| (Gospel)
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| The blues
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| (Blues)
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| The jazz
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| (Jazz)
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| The rock and roll
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| I’m gonna, got to, got to write me a simple song for everybody
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| Because this is my song
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| (This is my song)
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| It may be quite, quite simple but that’s the way it’s done
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| I hope you don’t mind, I hope you don’t mind
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| What I wrote down in words, words
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| You come back, you try to try again, try again
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| Tell everybody that Billy Paul’s got a song
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| (Billy Paul’s got a song)
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| It may be quite, quite simple but that’s how it’s done, baby
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| I hope you don’t mind, I hope you don’t mind
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| What I wrote down in words
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| Hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it ooooh
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| Get back, get, got, oh no |