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I'll tell you a story |
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About a girl who came my way |
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We upped and married |
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Three kids a dog in Sante Fe |
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Now she's gone I'm by myself |
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I'm gonna join |
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A sentimental institution |
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I'm gonna pack |
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Pack all my little old blues away |
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But I didn't stay left on the shelf |
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Mrs Johnson from Wisconsin |
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She's a widow plain to see |
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And Minnesota from Dakota |
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Likes the way I make her tea |
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Sweet as candy |
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I'm gonna join |
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A sentimental institution |
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With no-one to stop me |
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From playing Benny Goodman all day |
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So if you want romance |
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Just step my way |
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The band starts to play |
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I can thrill her |
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With Glenn Miller |
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Or a song from |
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Louis Armstrong |
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With Jim Dorsey |
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Or Arty Shaw we |
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Know this magic |
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Can't go wrong |
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Old and lovely |
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She's so wealthy |
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But so ugly |
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I've gone crazy |
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Someone help me do |
