| You call her up on the telephone
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| You say, «I miss you when I’m all alone»
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| She says, «I'm sorry but I’m moving on»
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| I found somebody else while you were gone
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| She says, don’t take it that way
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| Don’t take it, don’t take it that way
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| Don’t take it that way
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| Don’t take it, don’t take it that way
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| Sweet freedom of a foreign girl
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| You took a trip all around the world
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| Broke a promise for a heavenly thrill
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| You said I do when you meant I will
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| You said don’t take it that way
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| Don’t take it, don’t take it that way
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| Don’t take it that way
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| Don’t take it, don’t take it that way
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| Hitched a ride on a private plane
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| You might have turned the tide back gone against the grain
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| Stole easy money from your best friend
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| Kind of knew you’d never see him again
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| And then to kill some time you went to war
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| Didn’t even know what you were fighting for
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| You were so young with prospects so poor
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| Now what you’ve become no one can be sure
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| You’re still saying don’t take it that way
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| Don’t take it, don’t take it that way
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| Don’t take it that way
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| Don’t take it, don’t take it that way
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| Don’t take it that way
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| Don’t take it, don’t take it that way
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| Don’t take it that way
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| Don’t take it, don’t take it that way
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| Don’t take it that way
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| Don’t take it, don’t take it that way
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| Don’t take it that way
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| Don’t take it, don’t take it that way
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| Don’t take it that way
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| Don’t take it, don’t take it that way
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| Don’t take it that way
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| Don’t take it, don’t take it that way
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| Don’t take it that way
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| Don’t take it, don’t take it that way
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| Don’t take it that way
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| Don’t take it, don’t take it that way |