| Charlie, I’ll make a deal with you
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| After which you can do anything you want to
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| I know I’ve got the leg up, as you’re still only made up
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| But baby you know I wrote this song for you
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| Don’t go kissing boys, don’t make a lot of noise
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| Let daddy sing his songs, and be real good
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| Just treat your teachers nice and find a healthy appetite
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| For what you really, really want to do
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| And if in fact your married before the day I’m buried
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| Follow just my one and only rule
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| For everything you do just remember through and through
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| Be my best friend 'cause I’ll be one for you
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| Charlie, you’ll be strong
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| Charlie, you’ll be smart
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| Charlie, you’ll be anything you want to from the start
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| Charlie, oh my baby, you’ll be every bit the lady
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| That’ll go on breaking this old lonely heart
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| I know just how you’ll be cause you’ll be just like me
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| Charming, so alarming & a little crazy
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| The queen of some sand castle, an abrasive, rowdy hassle but kind and loving,
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| fresh and bright, I know
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| Come to me with problems, I swear, I won’t go try to solve 'em
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| I’ll only tell you everything I know
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| Like standing tall was all I had
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| Like boys are bad and love’s a fad
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| That no one ever learns to just let go
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| Charlie, there’s just one little thing before we meet some lovely spring
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| I have to go and you find you a nice momma
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| She’ll be just like me and you, perfect in just what we do
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| A love as strong as father and his daughter
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| Oh, darling, Charlie |