| No matter what I do I can’t make you happy
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| Though I go to great lengths to do your will
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| If you say hurry, girl I make it snappy
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| Trying hard to keep your wishes filled
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| But I’m getting tired and feeling real discouraged
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| From being pressure underneath your thumb
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| So here’s a message you can give your mama
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| Starting now I’m looking out for number one
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| Lord everyone around me
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| I’ve tried so hard to please
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| Till the only one unhappy
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| Feeling broken down is me
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| But things are gonna change
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| With each new setting sun
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| Starting now I’m looking out for number one
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| It’s getting hard to face my morning mirror
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| There’s a stranger in there staring back at me
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| He tells me every day it’s getting clearer
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| Son you’re not the man you used to be
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| Yeah it’s time to get this monkey off my shoulder
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| And quit worrying 'bout the things that you want done
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| I’m gonna start the fire that you have smoldered
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| 'Cause starting now I’m looking out for number one
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| (Repeat chorus
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| Yeah starting now I’m looking out for number one |