| Mama was callin but I couldn’t answer
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| I had a dog in the car had a dog in my hands
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| And I was walkin in these worn out shoes
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| When I tripped over Charlie and i hit the grass
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| I was comin up runnin I was comin up fast
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| But he beat me I was runnin for the door
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| No Sally dont get down, cuz I’ve been lookin all over town
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| For a brand new set of wings for you, a brand new set of wings for you
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| Now i’m back in the house bang my head against the wall
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| Yeah Charlie’s still laughin bout watchin me fall
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| I say Charlie now whats the big idea
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| I’m back in my room just packin my bags
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| Thinkin November bout the time that we had just walkin by the stone walls
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| No Sally don’t get down, cuz I’ve been lookin all over town
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| For a brand new set of wings for you, for a brand new set of wings for you
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| Yeah for you
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| Oh I’m gonna go get a ticket
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| Gonna get on a plane
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| Tell that pilot take me so far away
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| So i can call you up and say I miss you like a fool
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| Yeah but you don’t put me down you don’t treat me bad
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| Say i understand about the problems i have
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| But sometimes i know you still wonder
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| Sally don’t get down, cuz I’ve been lookin all over town
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| For a brand new set of wings for you, for a brand new set of wings for you
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| Yeah for you
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| Yeah got held up in Paris caught smoking on a train
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| If you ain’t got your papers gonna get you detained
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| Don’t believe me I got the photographs to prove it
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| And you should have seen the look on the old mans face
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| When the police threatened to haul him away
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| You know he was so scared, it was also kinda funny
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| Sally don’t get down, cuz I’ve been lookin all over town
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| For a brand new set of wings for you, a brand new set of wings for you
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| Yeah for you
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| And I can’t sleep at night can’t wake in the day
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| Got these guitars that got so much to say
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| But no time or energy to say it
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| Yeah we can still walk in the park there ain’t nobody there
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| There’s a calm in the trees and a cool in there air
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| Its warm but i found it kind of soothing
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| In a couple of months when the leaves turn green
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| When the seasons change when the bird sings
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| I’m gonna grab you up and I’m taking you for good
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| Yes and we’ll walk by the river most every single day
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| And we’ll eat our dinner where the tourists play
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| Yeah the city’s old but it never seems to get tired
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| No Sally don’t get down, cuz I’ve been lookin all over town
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| For a brand new set of wings for you, for a brand new set of wings for you |