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Mary steers clear of the men from space |
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Back alley kid with an American face |
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She wants the wine, he brings a case |
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To carry them on through |
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I said you know what I know about the bedroom boys |
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Undercover Russians in a pink Rolls Royce |
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They bang the drum, she sets the beat |
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They carry Miss America out into the street |
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She sings, "snowman, scarecrow, john doe, buffalo" |
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I wish you wouldn't go |
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I got the arms to reach you, I am the scarecrow |
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Do do, do do do, do do, do do do |
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Oh, I guess you ought to know |
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I got the hands to teach you |
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I am the scarecrow, do do, do do do |
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Snowman sideshow, do do, do do do |
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I fell out of love in the snowbound days |
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Riding the subway in a Valium haze |
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I need the whites, she gets the blues |
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It carries us on through |
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All these American boys at the Park N Shop |
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Selling their memories for a dollar a pop |
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Ivan the ancient spaceman race fan |
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Corners the market on American taste |
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And says, "spaceman, scarecrow, peep show, freak show" |
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I wish you wouldn't go |
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I got the arms to reach you, I am the scarecrow |
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Do do, do do do, do do, do do do |
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Oh, I guess you ought to know |
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I got the hands to teach you |
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I am the scarecrow, do do, do do do |
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Punk rock video, do do, do do do |
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All the sudden the light inside you dies |
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Maybe you're going on alone |
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Maybe you're going all alone |
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She dreams of sunlight, sings of smaller things |
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White sugar bowls and wedding rings |
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You're going on from me alone |
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You're going on, you're on your own |
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She was married alive in a Moscow surgery |
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Hoping to die in a cold war nursery |
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All of the kids back home believe in much more than we do |
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It's a memory play where the memory fades |
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Into pictures you took, into records we played |
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Spy versus spy, scarecrow and I |
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Out across the darkness where the bomber jets fly |
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Singing, "spaceman, smoke show, scarecrow, Geronimo" |
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I wish you wouldn't go |
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I got the arms to reach you, I am the scarecrow |
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Do do, do do do, do do, do do do |
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Oh, I guess you ought to know |
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I got the hands to teach you |
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I am the scarecrow, do do, do do do |
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Snowman peepshow, do do, do do do |
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I wish you wouldn't go |
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I got the arms to reach you, I am the scarecrow |
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Do do, do do do, oh hell no, do do, do do do |
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Oh, I guess you ought to know |
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I got the hands to teach you |
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I am the scarecrow, do do, do do do |
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Listening on the midnight radio, do do, do do do |