| Hey, hey, hey
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| Everybody asking, asking, asking me
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| Why I’m not dying in a misery
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| 'Cause my baby told me if I straighten up and do right
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| That he’ll love me, just me, for the rest of my life
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| You know I’m straightenin' up
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| Yeah yeah yeah, you know I must straighten it up
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| I mean, I’ll tell ya
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| So come back, pretty baby
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| And I’ll be the girl you want me to be, oh baby
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| I just wanna tell you somethin'
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| I ain’t gonna cheat no more
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| Ain’t gonna lie no more, baby
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| Ain’t gonna do you bad no more
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| And I ain’t gonna make you cry no more
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| You know I’m straightenin' up
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| Yeah yeah yeah, you know I must straighten it up
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| I mean, I’ll tell ya right now
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| Come back, pretty baby
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| And I’ll be the girl you want me to be, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy
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| Straightenin' up, I’m straightenin' up, daddy
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| You know I must straighten it up, baby
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| Oh, I’ve got to straighten up
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| My darlin', my lovin', oh, why can’t you hear me, baby?
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| Oh, you know, I wanna straighten up
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| Please let me straighten up, baby
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| I beggin' you, my little darlin'
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| Oh, oh, baby |