| Lulu was queen of the burlesque
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| Her window shade dance was great
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| One by one, she’d pull them up
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| Til she raised forty feet
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| But she wore forty-nine
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| Shades of green, boy
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| Forty-nine shades of green
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| The greenest green you’ve ever seen
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| Forty-nine shades of green
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| Took her on a date one Saturday night
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| We walked by the barber shop
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| I knew all the fellas were jealous alright
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| When their eyes began to pop
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| And they turned forty-nine
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| Shades of green, boy
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| Forty-nine shades of green
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| The greenest green you’ve ever seen
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| Forty-nine shades of green
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| The very first meal that Lulu cooked
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| We dined by candlelight
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| I knew that I could die for her
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| And I almost did that night
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| Cause I turned forty-nine
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| Shades of green, boy
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| Forty-nine shades of green
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| The greenest green you’ve ever seen
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| Forty-nine shades of green
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| The day that Lulu married me
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| She hung up her shades for good
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| And you can see them anytime
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| You’re in our neighborhood
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| The house with forty-nine
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| Shades of green, boy
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| Forty-nine shades of green
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| The greenest green you’ve ever seen
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| Forty-nine shades, forty-nine shades
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| Forty-nine shades of green. |