| Oh, won’t somebody please save a drowning child
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| Won’t somebody please save a drowning child
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| I’ve been treated so bad by my lover
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| Nobody knows my problems and fears
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| Every night I cry like a drowning child
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| Sleep in an ocean of tears
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| Oh somebody hear my plea
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| Oh somebody save poor me
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| Well I’m thinking about going to the river
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| But the river won’t drown my tears
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| Every night I cry like a drowning child
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| Sleep in an ocean of tears
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| And I say:
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| Oh, I never did you no wrong
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| Oh, I never did you no wrong
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| Yeah, I’m a young girl that’s got some problems
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| Nobody knows my troubles and fears
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| Every night I cry like a drowning child
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| Sleep in an ocean of tears
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| Now, now, now
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| Oh somebody hear my plea
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| Oh somebody save poor me
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| Save me
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| SOLOS
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| Well I’m Thinking about going to the river
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| But the river won’t drown my tears
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| Every night I cry like a drowning child
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| Sleep in an ocean of tears
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| And I say:
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| Oh, I never did you no wrong
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| Oh, I never did you no wrong
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| Yeah, I’m a young girl that’s had some problems
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| Nobody knows my troubles and fears
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| Every night I cry like a drowning child
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| Sleep in an ocean of tears
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| Now, now, now
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| Oh somebody hear my plea
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| Oh somebody save poor me
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| Come on save poor me
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| Come on save poor me
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| Come on save poor me
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| Come on save poor me
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| Mama, mama save your drowning child |