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She was my neighbor in the EPA, |
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smoked a pack on Menthols almost every day. |
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And in the morning we would hear her croon |
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as she coughed up her lungs outside our bedroom |
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She said, My name is Bettina |
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Yeah, but you can call me Betty |
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and when you gonna give me some liquor already? |
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do do dodo dodo do dodo do do.. |
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She had a short term memory, |
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I know because she'd always ask me |
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The same questions again and again |
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like, when you gonna let me sit in with your band? |
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She said, my name is Bettina |
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Yeah, but you can call me Betty |
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and when you gonna give me some liquor already? |
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do do dodo dodo do dodo do do.. |
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It was the cheapest rent we could find |
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in East Palo Alto, double wide |
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Houses built to be moved |
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but they weren't goin' anywhere anytime soon |
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She had a bite on her finger tip |
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from trying to feed a squirrel with corn chip |
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I think about her every once in a while |
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and whenever I do, it always makes me smile |
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She said, My name is Bettina |
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Yeah, but you can call me Betty |
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She said, My name is Bettina |
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and is you need me I'll be ready |
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She said, My name is Bettina |
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Yeah, but you can call me Betty |
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and when you gonna have me over |
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for some liquor already? |
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do do dodo dodo do dodo do do.. |