| Even if I had my choice
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| Of living high someplace like Paris, France
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| Or being socially invited
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| Down to a most inclusive Memphis dance
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| I’d take my place along the sidelines
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| And that I’d wait 'till I had got the nerve
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| To catch a train to the north
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| And when I landed, start right in to serve
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| Tea in Chicago
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| What an elegant place for tea
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| Me in Chicago
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| Stirring up quite a cup, I’ll be
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| Such a lady, when I pour
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| At 5 o’clock, when they knock on my door
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| For tea in Chicago
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| It’s not very much to wish
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| When it’s really just my dish of tea
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| I’ll have all eyes a poppin' when I ball the jack
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| All the way from, down state and back
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| I’ll hypnotize the group, until they give that look to me
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| For tea in Chicago
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| It’s a dream that’s turned my head
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| I’ve never seen it, only read
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| But there’s nothing else instead for me
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| But Chicago just for tea
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| I’ll have all eyes a poppin' when I ball the jack
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| All the way from, down state and back
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| I’ll hypnotize the group, until they give that look to me
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| For tea in Chicago
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| It’s a dream that’s turned my head
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| I’ve never seen it, only read
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| But there’s nothing else instead for me
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| But Chicago just for tea |