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You could have been a bad girl
And wasted all my time
You could have got me mad girl
And made me lose my mind
But you did what you have to do
And every word you said to me was true
You gave me what I asked for
And I can't ask for anymore than you
It makes me very proud baby
To know that you're my girl
I want to say it loud baby
I want to tell the world
That you did what you had to do
And every word you said to me was true
You gave me what I asked for
And I can't ask for anymore than you
I've got everything a man could need
Oh I feel just like a slave that has been freed
I won't cry myself to sleep no more
'Cause I've found the love that I've been looking for
Now I don't have a problem
'Cause I know who I am
You see I lost my only problem
When you made me your man
'Cause you did what you had to do
And every word you said to me was true
You gave me what I asked for
And I can't ask for anymore than you
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It's no use pretending
It's no use pretending
What's done is done
And you can't turn back the clock
It's no use pretending
What you have said
Will stay inside my head
Oh it's over
I tried to please you
But all you could do
Was talk behind my back
Now I see through you
Nothing I could say or do
Would get to you
You've bitten off more than you can chew
Although I've got to say we're through
There's nothing I would rather do
Than be with you
There's more to you than meets the eye
I must admit you used to try
But since you've gone the other way
Your head is in the sky
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I'm nearly famous
The record man said'Don't let it go to your head,I'm gonna make you a star'
If you've got it,use it,but don't abuse it,gave me money from an old fruit jar
To exercise my delight,I went out that night and shook the town the way I knew
how
So mama please don't worry about me,I'm nearly famous now
Six months later I'm a cool operator,and I know my way around
The record man sighed,he really tried,but he couldn't get it off the ground
But that don't bother me now cos I've got a friend who's gotta friend who
really knows how
So mama please don't worry about me,I'm nearly famous now
Still hanging on,still hanging on,hang on
I met this real live walking,self-styled,self-assured,slow talking bore
I thought I'd play him along,give him a song,to keep the doom dust away from
my door
But I didn't do what he wanted me to,but it didn't seem to matter somehow
So mama please don't worry about me,I'm nearly famous now
Still hanging on,still hanging on,hang on
Six months later I'm a part time waiter,but that didn't last long
I stretched and squeezed at words I'd never heard to write a song
And when it finally came,it sounded the same as a tune I'd heard before
somehow
But mama please don't worry about me,I'm nearly famous now
Still hanging on.still hanging on
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Lovers
Once they were lovers but now they're not friends
She's found another and he says it's the end
To think they once tore down a wall for a door
But now they don't speak anymore
So he walks the streets, the few nights he can stand
Drinking her memory away when he can
Friends once would reach out to them from the shore
But now they don't cry anymore
How does it all come to happen
That's not what loving is for
And if I thought it was,I would leave here in the morning
I'd sooner sleep on the floor
Oh when will we learn really what loving is
It's not what you get in return but what you give
To think they once tore down a wall for a door
But now they don't speak anymore
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Junior Cowboy
Looking down on a Junior Cowboy
I see myself at the end of each day
I'm feeling sad somehow
My rumble tumble days are over now
Took Loopy Loo to a paper hat party
And fought the kid who tried to take her away
I'm feeling sad somehow
My rumble tumble days are over now
Running away,you don't know,you don't care
Funny the way that we change
Playing spoof at the back of the schoolyard
With no thought for the rest of the day
I'm feeling sad somehow
'Cause my rumble tumble days are over now
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I've had many times I can tell you
Times when innocence I'd trade for company
And children saw me crying
I thought I'd had my share of that
But these miss you nights are the longest
Midnight diamonds stud my heaven
Southward burning like the jewels that eye your place
And the warm winds that embrace me
Just as surely kissed your face
Yeah these miss you nights they're the longest
How I missed you I'm not likely to tell
I'm a man and cold daylight buys the pride I'd rather sell
All my secrets are a wasted affair
You know them well
Thinking of my going
How to cut the thread and leave it all behind
Looking windward for my compass
I'll take each day as it arrives
But these miss you nights are the longest
Lay down all thoughts of your surrender
It's only me who's killing time
Play down all dreams and themes once remembered
It's just the same this miss you game
yet these miss you nights are the longest
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I wish you'd changed your mind
I wish you'd change your mind and stay
It's really much too late to play games
All I want is just to talk with you
I'll even sing it if you want me to
You know my motives are sincere
And the love's the reason that we're here
Seeing you just makes me want to say
Won't you change your mind for me and stay
I just want to feel your arms about me
Is that too much to ask or do
You think that I'd be asking too much
I wish you'd change your mind and stay
It's really much too late to play games
All I want is just to talk with you
I'll even sing it if you want me to
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I've had nothing but bad luck
Since the day I saw the cat at my door
So I came into you sweet lady
Answering your mystical call
Crystal ball on the table
Showing the future, the past
Same cat with them evil eyes
And I knew it was a spell she cast
She's just a devil woman
With evil on her mind
Beware the devil woman
She's gonna get you...
She's just a devil woman
With evil on her mind
Beware the devil woman
She's gonna get you from behind...
Give me the ring on your finger
Let me see the lines on your hand
I can see me a tall dark stranger
Giving you what you hadn't planned
I drank the potion she offered me
I found myself on the floor
Then I looked in those big green eyes
And I wondered what I came there for...
She's just a devil woman
With evil on her mind
Beware the devil woman
She's gonna get you...
She's just a devil woman
With evil on her mind
Beware the devil woman
She's gonna get you from behind...
If you're out on a moonlight night
Be careful of them neighbourhood strays
Of a lady with long black hair
Tryin' to win you with her feminine ways
Crystal ball on the table
Showing the future, the past
Same cat with them evil eyes
You'd better get out of there fast...
She's just a devil woman
With evil on her mind
Beware the devil woman
She's gonna get you...
She's just a devil woman
With evil on her mind
Beware the devil woman
She's gonna get you...
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Such is a mystery
Let the day fall all around you
And let the breath of life surround you
What a day it should be a holiday
And these lazy days are hard to come by
Here for our pleasure,a moment to treasure
Stay with me and lend me your company
For you,you show to me
All the world gives for free
And there's no more that a man can ever ask for
And if we,we could see half he gave us to see
Then we'd be half way to finding the answer
So where will all the seasons go
It's for us to ask,it's for him to know
It's too much for me,for such is the mystery
And all these things we take for granted
But how did they get here,when were they planted?
If we could see,then what would the answer be?
For you,you show to me
All the world gives for free
And there's no more that a man can ever ask for
And if we,we could be half he wants us to be
Then we'd be half way to finding the answer
Today we'll see butterfly
And we'll smell the grass and we'll feel the sky
Oh what a day,let no one take this away
But I will live my life forever,asking the questions
But answers will never come to me
For such is the mystery
For you,you show to me
All the world gives for free
And there's no more that a man can ever ask for
And if we,we could be half he wants us to be
Then we'd be half way to finding the answer
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You've got to give me all your lovin'
You've got to give me all your lovin'
'Cause a man ain't nothin' without woman's love
You've got to give me all your lovin'
Give it all to me 'cause a part just ain't enough
Like a flower needs the rain to grow
Like a winter needs a fall of snow
You're the one I need
To satisfy my soul
It's a lonely feelin' late at night
Without you here to put the feelin' right
You're the one I need
Your love is out of sight
You've got to give me all your lovin'
'Cause a man ain't nothin' without woman's love
You've got to give me all your lovin'
Give it all to me 'cause a part just ain't enough
You're the only woman on my mind
I've been waitin' such a long long time
If you stay by me who knows what you might find
There's a certain magic in your smile
And it's plain to see you've sure got style
Just to be with you I'd walk a thousand miles
You've got to give me all your lovin'
'Cause a man ain't nothin' without woman's love
You've got to give me all your lovin'
Give it all to me 'cause a part just ain't enough
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