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I stood outside the Lucky Star staring at the flashing sign |
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It read, 'Come on in and watch young Scarlet's body come alive' |
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Let her dance for you and cast her spell |
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You'll swear you can believe her |
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Be careful not to catch that scarlet fever |
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So I paid my fare and walked down front and found an empty chair |
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As I settled in young Scarlet took the ribbons from her hair |
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The moves her body made while the music played |
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Were the likes I've never seen |
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And she became the envy of my dreams |
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One by one her teasing movements brought the crowd out of their seats |
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And all at once young Scarlet danced straight up in front of me |
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From the moment that her eyes found mine I've never been the same |
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Scarlet locked another heart upon her chain |
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Now I get scarlet fever every time I see her |
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But she's a night club teaser not paid to notice me |
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Yes, I get scarlet fever if she knew how much I need her |
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She'd place her hand in my hand and dance away with me |
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She looked twenty-five but I was told that she was just sixteen |
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She had a way of making a man believe, she danced for only him |
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As she tantalized I fantasized and felt the sound of my heart beat |
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And every night I'd dream she'd fall in love with me |
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Then one night while driving in my eyes begun to tear |
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'Coz the sign outside the Lucky Star said, 'Scarlet isn't here' |
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She'd left that day to find a life of bigger and better things |
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And she left behind my chain of broken dreams |
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But still get scarlet fever in my mind I still see her |
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Out there dancing somewhere to another fool like me |
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Yes, I get scarlet fever if she knew how much I need her |
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She'd place her hand in my hand and dance away with me |