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Every word pronounced distinctly, slowly |
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There are no contractions, nothing slurred |
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Unprepared you watch in rank amazement |
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As she lights her cigarette and stirs |
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Every motion is complete, no editing of anything |
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Encouraging, encouraging, and not the customary bill of fare |
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Can't you see the lady is lingering (lingering) |
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This lady's lingering, and you cannot believe the reason why |
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Every sip is of the smallest quantity |
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That still denotes apparent thirst |
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Every question is a means to draw long answers |
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Play the fool, it doesn't hurt |
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Splitting, splitting headache coming |
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Get up early in the morning |
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Where are the funny phrases |
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That are always followed by goodbye [Chorus] |
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Is it now all up to you, do you now guide the evening, or do you await a further signal, a look, a touch, a sigh [Chorus] |
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Risky business, all this waiting, wondering |
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A risky business, all this waiting, wondering |
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A risky business, all this waiting, wondering |
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A risky business, all this waiting, wondering [Chorus] |