| Well, let me tell you something, let me tell you so
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| This could be the one thing that you really need to know
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| You got to stop once in a while and shake off that face of yours
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| 'Cause nothing comes easy, oh, it just comes free
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| You could sing it better if you’d sing it for me, oh sister
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| Well, I cannot claim this advice as my own
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| I learned it in the gutter one night, crawling home
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| She said, «Don't you look ridiculous?»
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| I checked her out meticulously
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| And I would’ve stopped to argue but my teeth were broke
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| I said, «I'd love to contradict you, but my life’s a joke, oh sister»
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| She said I’m no genius and I’ve lost my self
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| The books are on the table and the secret’s on the shelf
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| And it’s one time, keep it slow, wind them up and here we go
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| Get it right today and you may still be here tomorrow
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| Some said she was saintly, to some she was a swinger
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| Me, I only knew her as an acid jazz singer, come on
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| Well, I’m a lucky man and maybe so is she
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| And maybe this is just the way it has to be
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| It’s all based on speculation
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| Seems a crazy occupation to me
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| And though I didn’t much believe her I was bound to call
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| I really didn’t want to miss a single thing at all, oh sister
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| She said, «I'm no genius and I’ve lost my self
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| The books are on the table and the secret’s on the shelf»
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| And it’s one time, keep it slow, wind them up and here we go
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| Get it right today and you may still be here tomorrow
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| Some said she was saintly, to some she was a swinger
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| Me, I only knew her as an acid jazz singer, come on
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| She said, «I'm no genius and I’ve lost my self
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| The books are on the table and the secret’s on the shelf»
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| And it’s one time, keep it slow, wind them up and here we go
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| Get it right today and you may still be here tomorrow
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| Some said she was saintly, to some she was a swinger
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| Me, I only knew her as an acid jazz singer, come on
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| I haven’t seen her lately, man, I have to ring her
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| Put your hands together for the acid jazz singer come on |