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Mama pyjama rolled outta bed, she ran to the police station
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When the papa found out, he began to shout, he started the investigation
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And it's against the law, it was against the law
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What mama saw, it was against the law 

Mama looked down and spit on the ground ever time her name gets mentioned

The cop said oy, if I get that boy

I'm gonna stick him in the house of detention

Well I'm on my way, I don't know where I'm goin'

I'm on my way, takin' my time, but I don't know where 
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Goodbye to Rosie, the queen of Corona
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Seein' me and Julio down by the schoolyard
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Seein' me and Julio down by the schoolyard 

(Introduction) 

In a couple of days they're gonna take me away
When the press let the story leak
Now when the radical priest comes to get me released
Appears all on the cover of Newsweek
And I'm on my way, I don't know where I'm goin'
But I'm on my way, takin' my time, but I don't know where 
Goodbye to Rosie, the queen of Corona
Seein' me and Julio down by the schoolyard
Seein' me and Julio down by the schoolyard
Seein' me and Julio down by the schoolyard