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Everybody's thinking |
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thinking pretty hard |
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Everybody's thinkin' |
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about singin' from the heart |
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If you want my opinion |
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it doesn't mean a thing |
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if you haven't got that ability to swing |
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The ability to swing |
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Everybody workin' |
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workin' pretty hard |
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Everbody workin' |
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at singin' from the heart |
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If you want my opinion |
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it isn't worth a bean |
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if you haven't got that |
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ability to swing |
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The ability to swing |
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Dreams, take them away |
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Got it alone |
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Honey, Rome wasn't built in a day |
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But, now it's a ruin |
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The joke has worn thin |
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And it isn't cool to abuse the ability to swing |
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Oh no! |
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Everbody' talking |
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talkin' pretty loud |
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Everbody lookin' |
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to stand out from the crowd |
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Gonna break it to you bucko |
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It isn't worth a bean |
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if you ain't in possession |
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of the ability to swing |
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The ability to swing |
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Friends send them away |
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Go it alone honey, Rome wasn't built in a day |
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Now it's a ruin |
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The joke has worn thin |
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And it isn't cool to abuse |
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the ability to swing |
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SCAT... |
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But, each beat take me deeper under |
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Each beat sends me more to sleep |
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Heart melts ice and heart spells danger |
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Don't hold your breath boy, 'cause it |
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don't come cheap, no |
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Everybody lookin' |
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lookin' pretty hard |
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Everybody lookin' for a meaning in my art |
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Gonna give it to you straight boy |
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It isn't worth a bean |
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if you haven't got that ability to swing |
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The ability to swing |
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Yeah, the ability to swing |
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The ability to swing |
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The ability, the ability |
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The ability to swing |
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The ability to swing |
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The ability to swing |
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Gonna give it to you straight |
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Boy, it isn't worth a bean |
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if you haven't got that ability to swing |
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The ability to swing |
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The ability to swing |
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The ability to swing |
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Oooh |
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The ability to swing |
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The ability to swing |