| Goin' down to Rosie’s
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| Gonna talk to Fanny May
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| I gotta tell her what I heard
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| Her boyfriend say
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| But don’t you start me talkin'
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| I’ll tell ev’rything I know
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| I’m breakin' this signifyin'
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| Because somebody’s gotta go
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| Jackie’s wife two dollars
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| Gonna get some '?'
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| Because she stepped out on the street, you know
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| Ol' George slaps her face
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| He knocks her down
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| And gonna blackeen her eye
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| So when she gets back home
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| Tells her husband a lie
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| Don’t you start me talkin'
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| 'Cause I’ll tell ev’rything I know
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| I’m breakin' this signifyin'
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| Because somebody’s gotta go
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| She borrowed some money
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| Ran on down the beauty shop
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| You know when she honked the horn
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| You know she began to stop and said
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| Come get my baby
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| Goin' down around the block
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| I’m goin' down the beauty shop
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| And get my hair styled
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| Don’t you start me talkin'
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| 'Cause I’ll tell ev’rything I know
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| I’m breakin' this signifyin'
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| Because somebody’s gotta go
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| An' I ain’t goin' no further, no!
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| She borrowed some money
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| Ran on down the beauty shop
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| You know when she honked that horn
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| I said that she began to stop and said
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| Come get my baby
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| Bring 'im down around the block
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| I’m screamin' down the beauty shop
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| And get my hair styled
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| Don’t you start me talkin'
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| I’ll tell ev’rything I know
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| I’m breakin' this signifyin'
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| Because somebody’s gotta go |