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I'm the face baby, is that clear,I'm the face baby, is that clear,I'm the face if you want it,I'm the face if you want it, dear,All the others are third class tickets by me, baby, is that clear. I'm the big wheel baby, won't you roll with me,I'm the big wheel baby, won't you roll with me,So many cats down the scene, honey,Little hard to see. Wear ivy league jackets, white buckskin shoes,I wear ivy league jackets, white buckskin shoes,So many tickets down the scene honey,They're like to blow a fuse. I'm the face baby, is that clear,I'm the face baby, is that clear,I'm the face if you want it,I'm the face if you want it, dear,All the others are third class tickets by me baby, is that clear.

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Hey fellas, have you heard the news?Yeah, the women of this town are being misusedI've seen it all in my dreams last nightGirls leaving this town 'cause we don't treat 'em right Come on, take a train (take a train)Fly by plane (fly by plane)They're leaving here (leaving here)Leaving here (leaving here) The love of a woman is a wonderful thingYeah, the way you treat 'em is a crying shameI'll tell you baby, yeah, it won't be longYeah, before these women, they all have gone I'm getting tired (getting tired)Sick and tired (sick and tired)They're leaving here (leaving here)Leaving here (leaving here) Oh yeah yeahOh yeah yeahOh yeah yeahOh yeah yeah Leaving hereCome on baby babyLeaving hereYeah leaving hereThey're leaving hereThey're leaving hereThey're gonna leaving hereYeah babeBabe gonna leave here

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Well, I'm a'gonna raise a fussI'm a'gonna raise a holler I've been working all summerJust to try and earn a dollar Well went to the boss(Said girl for a date??)The boss said "No dice, son, you gotta work late"Sometimes I wonder what I'm a'gonna doThere ain't no cure for the summertime blues Well my mom and poppa told me"Son you gotta earn some moneyIf you wanna use the carTo go ridin' next Sunday" Well I didn't go to workI told the boss I was sickHe said "You can't use the car'cause you didn't work a lick"Sometimes I wonder what I'm a'gonna doThere ain't no cure for the summertime blues Gonna take two weeksGonna have a fine vacation Gonna take my problemTo the United Nations Well I went to my congressmanHe said, quote: "I'd like to help you sonBut you're too young to vote"Sometimes I wonder what I'm a'gonna doThere ain't no cure for the summertime blues

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Ahh, baby, don't you do it, don't do it, babyDon't you break my heartPlease, don't do it, baby, don't you break my heartPlease, don't you do it, baby Yeah, I sacrifice to make laughter, kept nothin' for myself Now you wanna leave me for the love of someone else I'm tryin' to do my best Yeah, I'm tryin' to do my best Don't you do it, don't do it, babe Don't you break my heart Please, don't you do it, babe My biggest mistake was lovin' you too much, and lettin' you know 'Cause now you got me where you want me, and you gonna let me go My pride is all gone, whether right or wrong I need you, baby, I'm gonna keep on keepin' on I'm tryin' to do my best Yeah, I'm tryin' to do my best Don't do it, baby Don't you break my heart now I go down to the river and there I'll be I'm gonna jump right in, baby, if you don't see about me I'm tryin' to do my best Yeah, I'm tryin' to do my best Don't do it, baby Open up your eyes, can't you see I need you? Open up your heart, can't you see I love you? I can't go on without you, my life's no good without you I can't go on without you, my life's no good without you Yeah, don't you do it Please, don't do it, baby Don't you break my heart now

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Under my thumb's the girl who once had me downUnder my thumb's the girl who once pushed me aroundIt's down to me, the diff'rence in the clothes she wearsIt's down to me, the change has come, she's under my thumb Under my thumb's a squirming dog who's just had her dayUnder my thumb's a girl who has just changed her waysIt's down to me, the way she does what she's toldIt's down to me, the change has come, she's under my thumb Under my thumb's a Siamese cat of a girlUnder my thumb she's the sweetest pet in the worldIt's down to me, the way she does what she's toldIt's down to me, the change has come, she's under my thumb Under my thumb her eyes are just kept to herselfUnder my thumb, well, I can still look at someone elseIt's down to me, the way she talks when she's spoken toIt's down to me, the change has come, she's under my thumb

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I danced with LindaI danced with JeanI danced with CindyThen I suddenly see Mary-Anne with the shaky handsWhat they've done to her manThose shaky hands Mary is so prettyThe prettiest in the landGuys come from every cityJust to shake her shaky hands Linda can cookJean reads booksCindy can sewBut I'd rather know Mary-Anne with the shaky handsWhat they've done to her manThose shaky hands Mary-Anne with the shaky handsWhat they've done to her manThose shaky hands Mary-Anne with the shaky handsWhat they've done to her manThose shaky hands

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Well, come on, pretty baby, let's go out tonightYour mom won't have to worry, everything'll be alrightDon't let me hear you talking, just be there when I call'Cause what I do I do my way or it won't be done at all Little girl, can you hear what I say?I'm an easy going guy but I always gotta have my way Yeah, I was born a tiger, always had my wayDon't ever try to change me this or any other dayDon't let me hear you argue the things I say I doDon't give me no trouble or you all and I are through Little girl, can you hear what I say?Yeah, I'm an easy going guy but I always gotta have my way Well, come on, pretty baby, let's go out tonightYour mom won't have to worry, everything'll be alrightDon't let me hear you talking, just be there when I call'Cause what I do I do my way or it won't be done at all Little girl, can you hear what I say?Yeah, I'm an easy going guy but I always gotta have my way I'm an easy going guy but I always gotta have my way You better believe it, baby

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It may be warm but the snow is going to fallEnough to cover us allWe've gotta be strong men and follow a path again We've got to have faith in something biggerFaith in something biggerFaith in something big inside ourself It might be cold but the heat of our love will meltThe snow we never feltWe're young and hardy again, we bow to weaker men We've got to have faith in something biggerFaith in something biggerFaith in something big inside ourself The more we learn, the less we believe to be trueThe more we prove, the more remains to be provedWe've gotta be strong men and follow a path again We've got to have faith in something biggerFaith in something biggerFaith in something big inside ourself, inside ourself Faith in something biggerFaith in something biggerFaith in something biggerFaith in something biggerFaith in something biggerFaith in something biggerFaith in something biggerFaith in something bigger

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Separates and lingerie, seven pairs of shoesLots of Woolworth's makeup, a pair of Black Watch trewsYour out-of-tune piano, sentimental photographsA million little memories, a million little laughs The wing of the airplane has just caught on fireI say without reservation we ain't getting no higher All you wanted from me, all I had to giveNothing matters you'll see, when in paradise you liveThe plane is diving faster, we're getting near the groundNobody is screaming, no one makes a sound It's a girl, Mrs. Walker, it's a girlIt's a girl, Mrs. Walker, it's a girlIt's a girl, Mrs. Walker, it's a girlIt's a girl, Mrs. Walker, it's a girl

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Oh well a young man ain't got nothin' in the world these daysI said a young man ain't got nothin' in the world these days You know in the old daysWhen a young man was a strong manAll the people they'd step backWhen a young man walked by But you know nowadaysIt's the old man,He's got all the moneyAnd a young man ain't got nothin' in the world these daysI said nothing Everybody knows that a young man ain't got nothin'Everybody!Everybody knows that a young man ain't got nothin'He got nothin'Nothin' Take it easy on the young manThey ain't got nothin' in the world these daysI said they ain't got nothin'!They got sweet fuck-all!

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