| On every corner of every avenue
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| The word’s been passed all around
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| You’d better watch out, lock up your daughters
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| 'Cos that bad Frankie Lee is back in town
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| All the ladies fall for Frankie
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| Saying, «Frankie Lee, how can it be
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| Of all the men here, you’re the only one
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| Who’s got the key, to set us free
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| Oh, Frankie Lee»
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| Now there’s a woman, in this neighbourhood
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| Who’s loving Frankie in her mind
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| But in fear of being' discovered
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| She keeps her secret locked up inside
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| Just then a stone’s thrown up at the window
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| And she looks below, what does she see
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| There’s a man there, standing 'neath the streetlight
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| It looks to be
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| Like Frankie Lee
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| You’d best believe
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| Well, old Frankie Lee steals through the back door
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| While her old man is leavin' by the hall
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| But before she hears his footsteps
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| Frankie’s standing at the bedroom door
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| So she holds him, then she begs him
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| Oh Frankie Lee, don’tcha ever leave
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| And he tells her, she’s the only one
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| He’s got the key
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| That Frankie Lee
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| To set her free
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| Then as the moon fades, into the night sky
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| Frankie leaves while she’s asleep
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| Then he’s up and out on the street again
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| He’s got the key that’ll set you free
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| That Frankie Lee
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| Every kid in this ol' gang-town
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| Yeah, they’d want to be like Frankie Lee
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| Please the ladies, like a vagabond
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| He’s got the key
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| That Frankie Lee
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| To set them free
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| Yeah, every kid in this ol' gang-town
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| Yeah, they’d want to be like Frankie Lee
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| Casanova and Valentino
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| They’d like to be good as Frankie Lee
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| Every kid in this ol' gang-town
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| They’d like to be like Frankie Lee
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| Please the ladies, live like a vagabond
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| He’s got the key
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| To set you free
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| That Frankie Lee |