| Moving outside Topeka
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| Jeannie gonna buy a big house there
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| Split-level, a cul-de-sac
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| Jeannie gonna get her some big hair, yeah
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| Gonna find a father figure
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| Cushy, cushy, a deadbeat dad who’s crushed cigarettes
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| Jeannie gonna find a keeper
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| Gonna find a keeper to treat her well
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| But the world don’t stop
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| Even when you’re living in colour
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| No, the world don’t stop
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| Time is only gonna pass you by
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| Now you’re in real life
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| Mmm, little boy, go «coo, coo, coo, coo, coo»
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| Mmm, new clothes, new shoes
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| White linen and lavishly perfumed
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| Oh, you’re gonna paint that apple blue
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| But the world don’t stop
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| Mmm, even when you’re living in colour
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| No, the world don’t stop
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| Time is only gonna pass you by
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| Now you’re in real life, now you’re in real life
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| Now you’re in real life, now you’re in real life
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| But the world don’t stop
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| Mmm, even when you’re living in colour
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| No, the world don’t stop
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| Time is only gonna pass you by
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| But the world don’t stop
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| No, the world don’t stop
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| Time is only gonna pass you by
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| Now you’re in real life, now you’re in real life
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| Now you’re in real life, now you’re in real life
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| Now you’re in real life, now you’re in real life |