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I'll bet good money
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I'll bet some beautiful money
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That we could agree
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With anybody here to disagree

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That we could get up from the table
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And nobody would know
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You could leave your mouth talking
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And follow me out the window

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I've idled here as long as I can
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I've taken my entertainment like a man
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I'm all ribbons, scissors, flowers
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And shaking hands

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I'm a name and a black book
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Attached to a face
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At the back of your memory's
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Window display

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It's on the tip of your tongue, I'm sure
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But I must away

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Must be good to know people

Who know so many people
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Must be good to be somebody,
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Good to be somebody
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They know

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And the fastest of friends, the fastest of friends
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I'm sure, we'll all be
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The fastest of friends, the fastest of friends
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I'm sure we'll remain

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Die here in our deck chairs
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Surrounded by beautiful shoes
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Or hide out with me
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Down at the bottom of the swimming pool

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Climb the tower to the bell curve
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That cuts and cuts so clean
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Or shoot out sharpened arrows at
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Their family trees

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Cause I know no quicker way, dear
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To the shiny gates of hell
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Than a room full of handsome devils
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Comparing everything to everything else

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And the fastest of friends, the fastest of friends
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I'm sure, we'll all be
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The fastest of friends, the fastest of friends
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I'm sure we'll remain