| James I got your letter
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| It came to me today
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| You said I could have my baby back
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| But I don’t want her that way
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| So you keep her, you keep her
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| Because man, she belongs to you
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| She didn’t make up her own mind
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| To come on home to me
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| So I found me someone else
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| And we’re happy as can be
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| So you keep her, you keep her
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| Because now she belongs to you
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| But you can tell her I said hello James
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| And remember to always be your lady
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| 'Cause you see when she was with me James
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| I taught her that a lady stays in a ladies place
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| And I was the one who taught her
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| Esther, didn’t I teach her how to make up her face
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| I taught her how to pick the clothes
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| And the jewelry to wear
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| And I was the one who taught her
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| How to style her hair
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| My, my, my, she left me
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| After I taught her these things
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| Now she didn’t make up her own mind James
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| To come on home to me
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| So I found me someone else
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| And we’re happy as can be
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| So you keep her, you keep her
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| Because now she belongs to you |