| Front side text
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| IS THIS THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION RECORDING UNDER A DIFFERENT NAME IN A LAST DITCH ATTEMPT TO GET THEIR CRUDDY MUSIC ON THE RADIO?
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| Album notes by FZ
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| This is an album of greasy love songs & cretin simplicity. We made it because we really like this kind of music (just a bunch of old men with rock & roll clothes on sitting around the studio, mumbling about the good old days). Ten years from now you’ll be sitting around with your friends someplace doing the same thing if there’s anything left to sit on.
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| The story of Ruben & the Jets
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| RUBEN SANO was 19 when he quit the group to work on his car. He had just saved up enough money to buy a 53 Nash and four gallons of gray primer. His girlfriend said she would leave him forever if he didn’t quit playing in the band and fix up his car so they could go to the drive-in and make out. There was already 11 other guys in the band so when he quit nobody missed him except for his car when they had to go to rehearsal or play for a battle of the bands at the American Legion Post in Chino. They are all still good friends even today. The other main guys in the band, NATCHO, LOUIE, PANA & CHUY, still come over to RUBEN’S house on Tuesday or Wednesday to listen to his collection of Richie Valens records & also ♫ “Eddie my love”. Generally speaking, they save ♫ “Cherry pie” & ♫ “Work with me, Annie” till the late part of the evening so they can have something to hum on the way home or to Burger Lane. Some of them continue to hum & pop their fingers even the next day, working in the car wash.
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| Now that they have gotten their big break in show business each one of the main guys in the group voted at the band meeting to keep the name “RUBEN on the JETS” not only because it sounds real fine & gives it class, but also because it makes it real sharp. RUBEN even likes it too & thinks it is real sharp. All the guys in the band hope that you are sick & tired like they are of all this crazy far out music some of the bands of today are playing. They hope you are so sick & tired of it that you are ready for their real sharp style of music. They are good socially acceptable young men who only want to sing about their girlfriends. They want everybody to start dancing close back together again like 1955 because they know that people need to love & also want to hold on to each other. Even holding hands is OK to them. They want you to hold hands and dance the bop & fall in love to their music.
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| One of the main guys in the band was telling me a couple of weeks ago when we were talking about how only about half the guys in the band ever show up at rehearsals most of the time: “IF THE PEOPLE WOULD JUST HEAR MY PLEA I WOULD GIVE EVERYTHING JUST TO SING THE SONGS THAT WAS TURNING ME ON IN HIGH-SCHOOL”.
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| RUBEN HAS 3 DOGS
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| BENNY, BABY & MARTHA
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| ✄ Darling, darling, please hear my plea
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| God only knows what your loving does to me
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| Cheap thrills, in the back of my car
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| Cheap thrills, how fine they are
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| Cheap thrills, ✄ up and down my spine
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| I need it, I need it, ‘cause it feels so fine
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| Now
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| Cheap thrills, all over the seat
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| Cheap thrills, your kind of lovin’ can’t be beat
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| Cheap thrills, up and down my spine
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| I need it, I need it, ‘cause it feels so fine
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| Now
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| Cheap thrills
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| Cheap thrills
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| Cheap thrills
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| Cheap thrills
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| Cheap thrills, I can’t wait another day
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| Cheap thrills, you gotta try to sneak away
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| Cheap thrills, up and down my spine
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| I need it, I need it, ‘cause it feels so fine
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| Cheap thrills
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| Cheap thrills
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| Cheap thrills
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| Cheap thrills
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| Cheap thrills, set fire to my soul
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| Cheap thrills, like a ✄ story untold about…
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| Cheap thrills, up and down my spine
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| I need it, I need it, ‘cause it feels so fine
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| Cheap thrills
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| Cheap thrills
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| Cheap thrills
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| Cheap thrills
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| Cheap thrills, in the back of my car
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| Cheap thrills, how fine they are
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| Cheap thrills, up and down my spine
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| I need it, I need it, ‘cause it feels so fine
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| Cheap thrills, all over the seat
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| Cheap thrills, your kind of lovin’ can’t be beat
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| Cheap thrills, up and down my spine
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| I need it, I need it, ‘cause it feels so fine
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| Cheap thrills
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| Cheap thrills
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| Cheap thrills
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| Cheap thrills
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| [Repeat]
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| Love of my life, I love you so
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| Love of my life, don’t ever go
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| I love you only, love, love of my life
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| Love of my life
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| Stars in the sky, they never lie
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| Tell me you need me, don’t say goodbye
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| I love you only, love, love of my life
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| Stars in the sky, they never lie
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| Tell me you need me, don’t say goodbye
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| I love you, darling, I love you only
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| Don’t ever leave me, don’t make me, don’t make me, don’t make me lonely
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| Please don’t leave me!
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| Love of my life, I love you so
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| Love of my life, don’t ever go
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| I love you only, love, love of my life
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| Stars in the sky, they never lie
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| Tell me you need me, don’t say goodbye
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| I love you, darling, I love you only
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| Don’t ever leave me, don’t make me, don’t make me, don’t make me lonely
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| Please don’t leave me, a-ah!
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| Love of my life, I love you so
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| Love of my life, don’t ever go
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| I love you only, love, love of my life
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| Love of my life
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| Love of my life
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| Love of my life
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| Love of my life
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| When I won your love I was very glad
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| Every happiness in the world belonged to me
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| Then our love was lost, you went away
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| Now I shed my tears in lonely misery
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| I know now you never really loved me
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| Oh, it hurts me now to think you never really cared
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| I sit and ask myself a thousand times, try and find
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| What really happened to the love that we shared
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| How could I be
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| How could I be
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| Be such a fool
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| Such a fool
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| How could I be
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| Be such a fool
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| How could I be
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| How could I believe
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| Be such a fool
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| All those lies
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| How could I be
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| You told me?
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| Be such a fool
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| How could I be
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| How could I be taken in
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| Be such a fool
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| By your
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| How could I be
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| Sweet face?
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| Be such a fool
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| You spoiled our love
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| You ruined my life
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| I’m so tore down
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| I’m a terrible disgrace
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| But there will come a time you’ll regret the way, ah
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| You treated me as if I was a fool and didn’t know
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| The many times you lied about your love for me
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| Someone is gonna know your love is just a show
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| How could I be… be such a fool?
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| How could I be… be such a fool?
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| How could I be… be such a fool?
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| How could I be… be such a fool?
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| How could I be… be such a fool?
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| How could I be… be such a fool?
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| How could I be… be such a fool?
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| How could I be… be such a fool?
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| When I’m dancing with Deseri
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| Oo-ooo, Deseri
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| All the boys are jealous of me
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| Deseri
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| I’m as happy as I can be
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| Oh, Deseri
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| I’m as happy as I can be
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| Oo-ooo, Deseri
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| Whenever I’m with Deseri
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| Deseri
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| She saves her lovin’ just for me
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| Oh, Deseri
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| I will never be untrue
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| I will never ever make her blue
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| She’ll never sigh, cry, sit and pine, we will share a love divine
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| Deseri is mine
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| I’m as happy as I can be
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| Oo-ooo, Deseri
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| Whenever I’m with Deseri
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| Deseri
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| ‘Cause she saves her lovin’ just for me
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| Oh, Deseri
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| Deseri oo-ooo
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| Deseri, the first day we met
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| Deseri oo-ooo
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| I’ll never forget
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| Deseri oo-ooo
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| I saw you walking down the street
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| ✄ My heart skips a beat
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| Deseri oo-ooo
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| Deseri
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| I told you of my love for you
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| Deseri oo-ooo
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| Deseri
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| But there’s nothing
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| Deseri oo-ooo
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| Nothing you would do
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| The one for me
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| I said, please hear my plea
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| Deseri oo-ooo
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| My-y Deseri
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| Come dance with me
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| Deseri oo-ooo
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| Please hear my plea
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| Deseri oo-ooo
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| Oh, Deseri
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| Deseri oo-ooo
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| Come along with me
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| You came
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| Deseri oo-ooo
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| Aa-aah Deseri
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| We went to the dance that night
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| I held you so tight
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| Deseri oo-ooo
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| My-y Deseri
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| Deseri oo-ooo
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| And I know
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| My-y Deseri
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| That our love will last
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| Deseri oo-ooo
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| Thru the years
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| Deseri
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| Forever, holding each other, for cram
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| Got no place to go
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| No love left for me to give
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| Why should I pretend I like to roam from door to door?
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| I guess that I’ll just kill myself, I just don’t care no more
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| I’m not satisfied
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| Everything I’ve tried
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| I don’t like the way
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| Life has been abusing me
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| Who would care if I was gone?
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| Who needs me to care for them?
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| Why should I just sit and watch while the others smile?
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| I just wish that someone cared if I was happy for a while
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| I’m not satisfied
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| I’m not satisfied
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| Everything I’ve tried
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| Everything I’ve tried
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| I don’t like the way
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| I don’t like the way
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| Life has been abusing me
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| I’m not satisfied
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| I’m not satisfied
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| Everything I’ve tried
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| I don’t like the way
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| Everything I’ve tried
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| Life has been abusing me
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| I’m not satisfied
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| I’m not satisfied
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| Everything I’ve tried
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| Abusing me
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| I’m not satisfied
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| I’m not… I’m not satisfied
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| Everything I’ve tried
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| I’m not satisfied
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| I’m not satisfied
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| I… I… I…
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| Everything I’ve tried
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| I… I… I…
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| Oh, Jelly Roll Gum Drop, got my eyes on you
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| Baby don’t you know now
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| Jelly Roll Gum Drop, got my eyes on you
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| The way you do the bop
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| Like a spinning top
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| The Pachuco hop
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| And the L.A. Slop
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| You make a street car stop
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| At the soda shop
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| And my eyeballs pop
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| When I see my…
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| Jelly Roll Gum Drop, got my eyes on you
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| Mama, don’t you know now
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| Jelly Roll Gum Drop, got my eyes on you
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| The way you boogie all night
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| You’re my heart’s delight
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| You know I wish I might
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| Get a tiny bite of your…
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| Jelly Roll Gum Drop, I wanna… I wanna…
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| Jelly Roll Gum Drop, I wanna… I wanna…
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| Jelly Roll Gum Drop, I wanna… I wanna Jelly Roll
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| Got to have it
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| And… eeeh!
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| Got to… oh, Jelly Roll
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| Jelly Roll Gum Drop
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| Tch tch tch
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| Ah-ahh
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| Gimme… I got to have it
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| Got to have it
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| Jelly Roll Gum Drop
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| Sha-la-la-la sha-la-la-la
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| Lemme have…
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| Got to have it
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| Jelly Roll Gum Drop, got my eyes on you
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| Baby don’t you know now
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| Jelly Roll Gum Drop, got my eyes on you
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| The way you do the bop
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| Like a spinning top
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| The Pachuco hop
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| And the L.A. Slop
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| You make a street car stop
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| At the soda shop
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| And my eyeballs pop
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| When I see my…
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| Jelly Roll Gum Drop, got my eyes on you
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| Mama, don’t you know now
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| Jelly Roll Gum Drop, got my eyes on you
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| The way you boogie all night
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| You’re my heart’s delight
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| You know I wish I might
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| Get a tiny bite of your…
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| Jelly Roll Gum Drop, I wanna… I wanna…
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| Jelly Roll Gum Drop, I wanna… I wanna…
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| Got to… Got to…
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| Jelly Roll Gum Drop
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| Got to…
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| Bop bop bah… bop bop bah
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| Oh, I need…
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| Your Jelly Roll Gum Drop
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| Bop bop bah… bop bop bah
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| Got to have Jelly Roll Gum Drop
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| Jelly Roll! Jelly Roll! Jelly Roll! Jelly Roll!
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| Got to have…
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| Jelly Roll Gum Drop
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| Jelly Roll! Jelly Roll! Jelly Roll! Jelly Roll!
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| Aaaah
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| Bop bop bah… bop bop bah
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| For you, I could do anything
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| For your love, my heart cries
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| Take my heart, my love, my everything
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| For so long I’ve needed your love
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| Oh, when… when you first came to me
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| I-I-I-I-I doubted your love
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| But now you mean everything to me
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| And each day I love you more
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| [Instrumental]
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| For you, I could do anything
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| For your love, my heart cries
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| Take my heart
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| Take my heart
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| My love, my everything
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| Take my love
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| For so long
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| Take my heart
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| I’ve needed you
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| Take my love
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| Take my heart
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| Take my love
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| Take my heart
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| Take my love
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| Take…
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| You surely must be trying to break this heart of mine
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| I thought you knew I loved you and we’d share a love so fine
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| But later that night, a padlock on my door
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| Clothes out on the street, don’t want my love no more
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| And I cried
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| I-I-I cried
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| Oh, ✄ I cried
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| I cried
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| My heart out
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| Cried
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| I cried
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| My heart out
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| Later that night
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| You surely must be trying to break this heart of mine
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| I thought you knew I loved you and we’d share a love so fine
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| But later that night, you threw a padlock on my door
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| You threw my clothes out on the street, ‘cause you don’t want my love no more
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| And I cried
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| I-I-I cried
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| I cried
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| I cried
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| My heart out
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| Cried
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| My heart out
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| Later that night
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| Don’t go, baby. Don’t put me out on the street. You threw my best sharkskin suit out on the lawn, right on top of some dog waste (✄ I hold in my hand three letters from the stages of your fine, fine, super-fine career…) and my best white shirts with the Mr. B. collar laying all over the front lawn. Where’s my cuff links? Lemme back in dere. Dere? Ha!
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| You didn’t try to call me
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| Why didn’t you try? I’m so lonely
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| No matter who I take home, I keep callin’ your name
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| And you… (I need you so bad) you’re The One, babe
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| Tell me, tell me, who’s lovin’ you now
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| ‘Cause it worries my mind and I can’t sleep at all
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| I stayed home on Friday just to wait for your call
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| And you didn’t try, you didn’t try, you didn’t try, you didn’t try to call me
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| Why didn’t you try? I’m so lonely
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| I’m so lonely!
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| No matter who I take home, I keep callin’ your name
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| And you… (I need you so bad) you’re The One, babe
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| Tell me, tell me, who’s lovin’ you now
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| ‘Cause it worries my mind and I can’t sleep at all
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| I stayed home on Friday just to wait for your call
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| I can’t say what’s wrong or what’s right
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| All you’ve gotta do is call me, babe
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| You make me feel so excited, girl!
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| I got so hung up on you from the moment that we met
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| That no matter how I try, I can’t keep the tears
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| From running down my face, I’m all alone in my place
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| You didn’t try to call me
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| You didn’t try to call me
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| You didn’t try to call me
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| You didn’t try to call me
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| You didn’t try to call me
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| You didn’t try to call me
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| FOUNTAIN… OF… LOVE!
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| One, two
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| It was September, the leaves were gold
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| That’s when our hearts knew that ✄ story untold
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| We were young lovers
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| We were young lovers
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| Strolling near the fountain of love
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| Fountain of love
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| Fountain of love
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| Fountain of love
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| Fountain of love
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| Do you remember? I held you so near
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| Our love’s glowing ember so precious and dear
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| We were young lovers
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| Lovers
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| Strolling near the fountain of love
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| Fountain of love
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| Fountain of love
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| Fountain of love
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| Fountain of love
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| We made a wish
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| Lo-o-o-o-ove
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| And threw in a coin
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| And since that day
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| Lo-o-o-o-ove
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| Our hearts have been joined
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| So all you, young lovers
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| Lo-o-o-o-ove
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| Wherever you are
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| The fountain of love is not very far
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| We’ll go on dreaming of that golden day
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| And remember the fountain is not far away
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| We were young lovers
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| Lovers
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| Strolling near the fountain of love
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| Fountain of love
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| Fountain of love
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| Fountain of love
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| Lo-o-ove
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| We made a wish
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| And threw in a coin
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| Lo-o-ove
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| And since that day
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| Our hearts have been joined
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| Lo-o-ove
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| So all you, young lovers
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| Wherever you are
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| The fountain of love is not very far
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| Fountain of love, oooo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo
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| Wee-ooh
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| [Repeat]
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| Boppa dooayyydoo
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| Boppa dooayyydoo
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| Boppa dooayyydoo
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| Boppa dooayyydoo
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| No, no, no, no, no, no, no-o-o-oo-oh
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| Boppa dooayyydoo boppa dooayyydoo boppa dooayyydoo boppa dooayyydoo
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| It makes me cry to see you go-o-o-oo-oh
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| Boppa dooayyydoo boppa dooayyydoo boppa dooayyydoo boppa dooayyydoo
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| No, no, no, no, no, no, no-o-o-oo-oh
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| Boppa dooayyydoo boppa dooayyydoo boppa dooayyydoo boppa dooayyydoo
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| It makes me cry to see you go-o-o-oo-oh
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| Boppa dooayyydoo boppa dooayyydoo boppa dooayyydoo boppa dooayyydoo
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| Left me here to cry alone
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| Boppa dooayyydoo boppa dooayyydoo boppa dooayyydoo boppa dooayyydoo
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| With a bottle of juice & a pork chop bone
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| Boppa dooayyydoo boppa dooayyydoo boppa dooayyydoo boppa dooayyydoo
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| No, no, no, no, no, no, no-o-o-oo-oh
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| Boppa dooayyydoo boppa dooayyydoo boppa dooayyydoo boppa dooayyydoo
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| It makes me cry to see you go-o-o-oo-oh
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| Boppa dooayyydoo boppa dooayyydoo boppa dooayyydoo boppa dooayyydoo
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| Gave my money all to you-oo
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| Boppa dooayyydoo boppa dooayyydoo
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| You took my watch ▶ and pawned it too-oo
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| Boppa dooayyydoo boppa dooayyydoo
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| Three gold teeth and one glass eye
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| Boppa dooayyydoo boppa dooayyydoo
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| Didn’t have the nerve to say goodbye
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| Boppa dooayyydoo boppa dooayyydoo
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| Boppa dooayyydoo
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| Boppa dooayyydoo
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| You know you treat me funky, baby
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| Boppa dooayyydoo boppa dooayyydoo
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| And someday you’ll have to pay
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| Boppa dooayyydoo boppa dooayyydoo
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| I ain’t such a fool that I would let you go
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| Boppa dooayyydoo boppa dooayyydoo
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| And treat me this way
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| Boppa dooayyydoo boppa dooayyydoo
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| No, no, no, no, no, no, no-o-o-oo-oh
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| Boppa dooayyydoo boppa dooayyydoo boppa dooayyydoo boppa dooayyydoo
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| I ain’t going to let you go-o-o-oo-oh
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| You know you treat me funky, baby
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| No, no, no, no, no, no, no-o-o-oo-oh
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| You know you treat me funky, baby
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| You know you treat me funky, baby
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| I ain’t going to let you go-o-o-oo-oh
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| Any way the wind blows, is-a fine with me
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| Any way the wind blows, it don’t matter to me
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| ‘Cause I’m thru with the fussin’ and-a fightin’ with you
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| I went out and found a woman who is gonna be true
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| She makes me, oh, so happy, now I’m never ever blue
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| Any way the wind blows, is-a fine with me
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| Any way the wind blows, it don’t matter to me
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| ‘Cause she treats me like she loves me and she never makes me cry
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| I’m gonna stick with her till the day I die
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| She’s not like you, baby, she would never ever lie
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| Any way the wind blows, is-a fine with me
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| Any way the wind blows, it don’t matter to me
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| Now I’m gonna go away and leave you standin’ at the door
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| I’ll tell you this, baby, I won’t be back no more
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| ‘Cause you don’t even know what love is for
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| Any way the wind blows
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| Any way the wind blows
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| Oh, any way
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| The wind blows
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| Any way
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| The wind blows
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| Mmm-mm-mmm-mmm
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| Mmm-mm-mmm-mmm
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| [Ray Collins] If you decide to leave me, it’s all over
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| If you decide to leave me, it’s all over
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| I tried to make you happy, I gave you all my love
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| There’s nothing left for me to do but cry
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| If you decide to leave me, it’s all over
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| If you decide to leave me, it’s all over
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| I tried to make you happy, I gave you all my love
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| There’s nothing left for me to do but cry
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| Ooo oo-ooo ooo oo-ooo ooo oo-ooo
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| Stuff up the cracks, turn on the gas, I’m gonna take my life
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| (Sss-stuff it!)
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| If you decide to leave me, it’s all over
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| If you decide to leave me, it’s all over
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| I tried to make you happy, I gave you all my love
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| There’s nothing left for me to do but cry
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| If you decide to leave me
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| If you decide to leave me
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| I’ll cry
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| If you decide to leave me
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| I’ll cry!
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| O-oh, I’ll cry
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| If you decide to leave me
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| I’ll cry!
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| I-I-I’ll cry
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| If you decide to leave me
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| O-oh, don’t go
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| If you decide to leave me
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| Don’t le-ee-ee-ee-eave me
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| If you decide to leave me
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| If you decide to leave me
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| If you decide to leave me
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| Don’t go
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| If you decide to leave me
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| O-oo-oh, don’t go
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| [Instrumental]
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