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Wrote a letter this mornin' |
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Put it in your hat |
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'Cause no one to read it |
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And I know you knew that |
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I bought a joke, a trick or two |
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Just to bring and show you |
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Caught ya with the trickster too |
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Sometimes I wonder how ya knew |
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A hypnotist, fancytalker |
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Ruben remus ain't no doctor |
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I knew the man and tried to remember |
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Just where it was that I'd seen his face |
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Long ago, in a movie show |
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He was like that man singin' bass |
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Knew him by his nurs'ry rhyme |
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The story of the rabbit man |
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Fell right in and said to him |
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"I'd like to help you if I can." |
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I know the film would only shock ya |
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Ruben remus ain't no doctor |
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He only needed what you had |
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Asked for nothing more |
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Said he'd like to take you on |
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But it's been done before |
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You couldn't see he's a travelin' man |
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And he cannot take your hand |
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It's very hard to understand |
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Why his songs were never banned |
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Guess the man would never knock ya |
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Ruben remus ain't no doctor |
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No one seen ya since he's been gone |
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It's been a day, maybe more |
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I took a walk in your yard |
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And knocked on your back door |
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Why don't you let me in? |
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I'm not the man who did ya in |
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Is mr. remus still your friend? |
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You say you don't remember him |
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Turn me down, would ya? |
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Well, I've got news for you |
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Turn me down would ya |
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Can't ya tell |
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I'm gonna change your mind before i'm trough |