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Without You (Julie Andrews)


Without You (Dutch Version: Zonder Jou) Composer(s): Alan Jay Lerner - Frederick Loewe Performer(s): Julie Andrews and multiple other artists



Eliza:
What a fool I was!
What a dominated fool!
To think you were the earth and sky
What a fool I was! What an addle-pated fool!
What a mutton-headed dolt was I!
No, my reverberating friend
You are not the beginning and the end!
There'll be spring every year without you
England still will be here without you
There'll be fruit on the tree
And a shore by the sea
There'll be crumpets and tea
Without you
Art and music will thrive without you
Somehow Keats will survive without you
And there still will be rain
On that plain down in Spain
Even that will remain without you
I can do without you
You, dear friend, who talk so well
You can go to Hartford, Hereford and Hampshire!
They can still rule the land without you
Windsor Castle will stand without you
And without much ado
We can all muddle through without you!
Without your pulling it, the tide comes in
Without your twirling it, the earth can spin
Without your pushing them, the clouds roll by
If they can do without you, ducky, so can I!
I shall not feel alone without you
I can stand on my own without you
So go back in your shell
I can do bloody well
Without you!



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Good Time Music


Good Time Music
Composer(s): John Sebastian
Performer(s): The Lovin' Spoonful;
and various other artists



I've been listening to my radio
For two or three years
And the music they've been playing is so doggone bad
That it's offendin' to my ears
But them kids come over from the Mersey river
Made us think back 'til then
So let's put on our shoes
And think about the blues
And start all over again

With that good time music
Like we played so long ago
Wo-oh don't you know oh-yeah
With that good time music
Yes, it's back on the radio

I don't want no cryin' violins
No sax or slide trombones
I don't want no screaming ya-ya girls
And no honkin' English horns
I don't want no symphony orchestra
With the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
All I want is a guitar, a harp, and drum
Just to set my soul on fire

With that good time music
Like we played so long ago
Wo-oh don't you know oh-yeah
With that good time music
Yes, it's back on the radio

I've been listening to my radio
For two or three years
And the music they've been playing is so doggone bad
That it's offendin' to my ears
But them kids come over from the Mersey river
Made us think back 'til then
So let's put on our shoes
And think about the blues
And start all over again

With that good time music
Like we played so long ago
Wo-oh don't you know oh-yeah
With that good time music
Yes, it's back on the radio

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Teacher's Pet


Teacher's Pet
Composer(s): Joe Lubin
Performer(s): Doris Day
and multiple other artists



(Pum, pa dum pa dum)
(Pum pa dum pa dum)
(Pa dum pa dum)
(Pum pa dum pa dum)

Teacher's pet (pa dum pa dum pa dum)
I wanna be teacher's pet (pa dum pa dum)
I wanna be huddled and cuddled as close to you as I can get
(That's the lesson we're guessin' you're best in)

Mm, teacher's pride (pa dum pa dum)
I wanna be teacher's pride (pa dum pa dum)
I wanna be dated, paraded, the one most likely at your side
(Ya got a burnin' yearnin' to learn)

I wanna learn all your lips can teach me
One kiss will do at the start (are you really?)
I'm sure with a little homework
I'll graduate to your heart (to your heart)

Teacher's pet (pa dum pa dum), I wanna be teacher's pet (pa dum pa dum)
I wanna take home a diploma and show Ma that ya love me, too
(That ya love me, too)
So I can be teacher's pet long after school is through

(Oh, teacher's pet) Mm, mm
(You wanna be teacher's pet)
Ah, ah
(You wanna be huddled and cuddled as close to him as you can get)

I wanna learn all your lips can teach me
One kiss will do at the start
I'm sure with a little homework
I'll graduate to your heart

Teacher's pet (you love the teacher), I wanna be teacher's pet (pa dum pa dum)
I wanna take home a diploma and show Ma that ya love me, too (Wow!)
So I can be teacher's pet (yeah!) long after school is through
(Teacher, teacher she loves you)

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You Did It


You Did It
Dutch Title: Fantastisch
Composer(s): Alan Jay Lerner; Frederick Loewe
Performer(s): Rex Harrison & Robert Coote
and various other artists



Pickering:
Tonight, old man, you did it!
You did it! You did it!
You said that you would do it
And indeed you did
I thought that you would rue it
I doubted you'd do it
But now I must admit it
That succeed you did
You should get a medal
Or be even made a knight

Henry:
It was nothing
Really nothing

Pickering:
All alone you hurdled
Ev'ry obstacle in sight

Henry:
Now, wait! Now, wait!
Give credit where it's due
A lot of the glory goes to you

Pickering:
But you're the one who did it
Who did it, who did it!
As sturdy as Gibraltar
Not a second did you falter
There's no doubt about it
You did it!
I must have aged a year tonight
At times I thought I'd die of fright
Never was there a momentary lull

Henry:
Shortly after we came in
I saw at once we'd easily win
And after that I found it deadly dull

Pickering:
You should have heard the ooh's and ah's
Ev'ry one wondering who she was

Henry:
You'd think they'd never seen a lady before

Pickering:
And when the Prince of Transylvania
Asked to meet her
And gave his arm to lead her to the floor...!
I said to him: You did it!
You did it! You did it!
They thought she was ecstatic
And so damned aristocratic
And they never knew
That you
Did it!

Henry:
Thank Heavens for Zoltan Karparthy
If it weren't for him I would have died of boredom
He was there, all right
And up to his old tricks

Mrs. Pearce:
Karparthy? That dreadful Hungarian? Was he there?

Henry:
Yes
That blackguard who uses the science of speech
More to blackmail and swindle than teach
He made it the devilish business of his
"To find out who this Miss Doolittle is"
Ev'ry time we looked around
There he was, that hairy hound
From Budapest
Never leaving us alone
Never have I ever known
A ruder pest
Fin'lly I decided it was foolish
Not to let him have his chance with her
So I stepped aside and let him dance with her
Oozing charm from ev'ry pore
He oiled his way around the floor
Ev'ry trick that he could play
He used to strip her mask away
And when at last the dance was done
He glowed as if he knew he'd won!
And with a voice to eager
And a smile too broad
He announced to the hostess
That she was a fraud!

Mrs. Pearce:
No!

Henry:
Jawohl!
Her English is too good, he said
Which clearly indicates that she is foreign
Whereas others are instructed in their native language
English people aren't
And although she may have studied with an expert
Di'lectician and grammarian
I can tell that she was born Hungarian!
Not only Hungarian, but of royal blood, she is a princess!

Servants:
Congratulations, Professor Higgins
For your glorious victory!
Congratulations, Professor Higgins!
You'll be mentioned in history!

Rest of Servants (Simultaneously):
Congratulations
Professor Higgins!
For your glorious
Victory!
Congratulations
Professor Higgins!
Sing hail and hallelujah!
Ev'ry bit of credit
For it all belongs to you!

Footman (Simultaneously with Rest of Servants):
This evening, sir, you did it!
You did it! You did it!
You said that you would do it
And indeed you did
This evening, sir, you did it!
You did it! You did it!
We know that we have said it
But-you did it and the credit
For it all belongs to you!



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Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues


Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues
Composer(s): Danny O'Keefe
Performer(s): Elvis Presley;
and various other artists



Everybody's gone away
Said they're movin to L.A.
There's not a soul I know around
Everybody's leavin' town

Some caught a freight, some caught a plane
Find the sunshine, leave the rain
They said this town were a waste of time
I guess they're right, it's wasting mine

Some gotta win, some gotta lose
Good time Charlie's got the blues
Good time Charlie's got the blues

You know my heart keeps tellin' me
You're not a kid at thirty-three
Play around you'll lose your wife
You play too hard you'll lose your life

Some gotta win, some gotta lose
Good time Charlie's got the blues
Good time Charlie's got the blues
Good time Charlie's got the blues

Some gotta win, some gotta lose
Good time Charlie's got the blues
Good time Charlie's got the blues
Good time Charlie's got the blues

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Teachers


Teachers
((Italian Version: Maestri (Claudio Daiano) - 1974))
Composer(s): Leonard Cohen
First release by: Leonard Cohen - 1967
Covered by multiple other artists



I met a woman long ago
Her hair the black that black can go
Are you a teacher of the heart
Soft she answered no

I met a girl across the sea
Her hair the gold that gold can be
Are you a teacher of the heart
Yes but not for thee

I met a man who lost his mind
In some lost place I had to find
Follow me the wise man said
But he walked behind

I walked into a hospital
Where none was sick and none was well
When at night the nurses left
I could not walk at all

Morning came
And then came noon
Dinner time the scalpel blade
Lay beside my silver spoon

Some girls wander by mistake
Into the mess that scalpels make
Are you the teachers of my heart
We teach old hearts to break

One morning I woke up alone
The hospital, the nurses gone
Have I carved enough, my lord
Child, you are bone

I ate and ate and ate
No, I did not miss a plate
Well, how much do these suppers cost
We’ll take it out in hate

I spent my hatred every place
On every work on every face
Someone gave me wishes
And I wished for an embrace

Several girls embraced me
Then I was embraced by men
Is my passion perfect
No, do it once again

I was handsome, I was strong
I knew the words of every song
Did my singing please you
No, the words you sang were wrong

Who is it whom I address
Who takes down what I confess
Are you the teachers of my heart
We teach old hearts to rest

Well, teachers are my lessons done
I cannot do another one
They laughed and laughed and said
Well, child are your lessons done

Are your lessons done
Are your lessons done

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My Face In The Rain


My Face In The Rain
Composer(s): R. Dassin; Vangelis
Performer(s): Demis Roussos; Vangelis



My face in the rain
I walk all alone
It's Sunday time is slow
I'm happy that is all I know
My face into the sun
My life is my own
It's Sunday time is slow
I am happy that is all I know

My thoughts in the rain
I walk all alone
It's Sunday time is slow
I am happy that is all I know



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Good Thing


Good Thing
Composer(s): Mark Lindsay; Terry Melcher
Performer(s): Paul Revere & The Raiders



Seems this world's got you down
You're feelin' bad vibrations 'round
Well open your eyes girl, look at me (look at me)
I'm gonna show you how it ought to be (ought to be)
We're gonna have a good thing, such a good thing, baby

And when your world don't seem just right
And-a life's gettin' you uptight
You can change that wrong to right (wrong to right)
'Cause I was there myself last night (there last night)
I really had a good thing, such a good thing, baby

I won't have no-one now (no-one around to bring you down)
Well, it's a groovy world, girl
Let me bring you to a
(Good, good, good, good thing)
Good thing, girl

Gotta hear me you can breeze 'em off should you try
They don't care if you live or die
'Cause they're losers, what a shame (cryin' shame)
I'm gonna show you to a brand new game (brand new game)
We're gonna have a good thing, such a good thing, baby

I won't tell you no, no no lies
When I'm through you'll realized
For the first time it seems right (feels so right)
I'm gonna stay right here tonight (stay tonight)
We'll really have a good thing, such a good thing, baby

Ah-nobody (no-one around to bring you down)
Well, groovy world, girl
Let me bring you to a
(Good, good, good, good thing)
Such a good thing, girl

Good thing, baby (11X)

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Teacher


Teacher
Composer(s): Ian Anderson
Performer(s): Jethro Tull



Well the dawn was coming
heard him ringing on my bell
He said, "My name's the teacher
that is what I call myself
And I have a lesson
that I must impart to you
It's an old expression
but I must insist it's true

Jump up, look around, find yourself some fun
no sense in sitting there hating everyone
No man's an island and his castle isn't home
the nest is for nothing when the bird has flown"

So I took a journey
threw my world into the sea
With me went the teacher
who found fun instead of me

Hey man, what's the plan, what was that you said?
Sun-tanned, drink in hand, lying there in bed
I try to socialize but I can't seem to find
what I was looking for, got something on my mind

Then the teacher told me
it had been a lot of fun
Thanked me for his ticket
and all that I had done

Hey man, what's the plan, what was that you said?
Sun-tanned, drink in hand, lying there in bed
I try to socialize but I can't seem to find
what I was looking for, got something on my mind

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My Eyes Adored You


My Eyes Adored You
Composer(s): Robert Crewe; Kelly Nolan
Performer(s): Andy Williams



My eyes adored you
Though I never laid a hand on you
My eyes adored you
Like a million miles away from me you couldn't see how I adored you
So close, so close and yet so far

Carried your books from school
Playing "make-believe you're married to me"
You were fifth-grade, I was sixth
When we came to be
Walking home every day over Barnegat Bridge and Bay
Till we grew into the me and you
Went our separate ways

My eyes adored you
Though I never laid a hand on you
My eyes adored you
Like a million miles away from me you couldn't see how I adored you
So close, so close and yet so far

Headed for city lights
Climbed the ladder up to fortune and fame
I worked my fingers to the bone
Made myself a name
Funny I seemed to find
That no matter how the years unwind
Still I reminisce 'bout the girl I miss
And the love I left behind

My eyes adored you
Though I never laid a hand on you
My eyes adored you
Like a million miles away from me you couldn't see how I adored you
So close, so close and yet so far

(My eyes adored you)
All my life I will remember
(Though I never laid a hand on you)
How warm and tender we were way back then, whoa, whoa, baby
(Like a million miles away from me you couldn't see how I adored you)
Oh, the feeling, sad regrets
(So close, so close and yet so far)
I know I won't ever forget you, my childhood friend

(My eyes adored you)
(Though I never laid a hand on you)
(My eyes adored you)
(Like a million miles away from me you couldn't see how I adored you)

So close, so close and yet so far



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Good Shepherd


Good Shepherd
Composer(s): Jorma Kaukonen
Performer(s): Jefferson Airplane



If you want to get to heaven
Over on the other shore
Stay out of the way of the blood-stained bandit
Oh good shepherd
Feed my sheep
One for Paul
One for Silas
One for to make my heart rejoice
Can't you hear my lambs acallin
Oh good shepherd
Feed my sheep
If you want to get to heaven
Over on the other shore
Stay out of the way of the long-tongue liar
Oh good shepherd
Feed my sheep
If you want to get to heaven
Over on the other shore
Stay out of the way of the gun shot devil
Oh good shepherd
Feed my sheep

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Teach Your Children


Teach Your Children
Composer(s): Graham Nash
First release by: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - 1970
Covered by multiple other artists



You, who are on the road
Must have a code that you can live by
And so, become yourself
Because the past is just a goodbye
Teach your children well
Their father's hell did slowly go by
And feed them on your dreams
The one they pick, the one you'll know by

Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you will cry
So just look at them and sigh and know they love you

And you, of tender years
Can't know the fears that your elders grew by
And so please help them with your youth
They seek the truth before they can die
Teach your parents well
Their children's hell will slowly go by
And feed them on your dreams
The one they pick, the one you'll know by

Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you will cry
So just look at them and sigh and know they love you...

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My Elusive Dreams


My Elusive Dreams
Composer(s): Curly Putman; Billy Sherrill
Originally performed by: Curly Putman
Covered by various other artists



I followed you to Texas
I followed you to Utah
We didn't find it there, so we mo-oved on
I followed you to Alabam'
Things looked good in Birmingham
We didn't find it there, so we moved on

I know you're tired of followin'
My elusive dreams and schemes
For they're only fleeting things
My elusive dreams

I had your child in Memphis
You heard of work in Nashville
We didn't find it there, so we moved on
To a small farm in Nebraska
To a gold mine in Alaska
We didn't find it there, so we moved on

And now we've left Alaska
Because there was no gold mine
But this time, only two of us move on
Now all we have is each other
And a little memory to cling to
And still you won't let me go on alone

I know you're tired of followin'
My elusive dreams and schemes
For they're only fleeting things
My elusive dreams
(Ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh)
For they're only fleeting things
My elusive dreams



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Good Rockin' Tonight


Good Rockin' Tonight
((French Version: Et La Voix D'Elvis (Eddy Mitchell) - 1977)) Composer(s): Roy Brown First release: Roy Brown - 1947 Covered by multiple other artists



Well, I heard the news
There’s good rockin’ tonight
Well, I heard the news
There’s good rockin’ tonight

I’m gonna hold my baby
As tight as I can
Tonight she’ll know
I’m a mighty, mighty man
I heard the news
There’s good rockin’ tonight

I say, well, meet me in a hurry
Behind the barn
Don’t you be afraid, darling
I’ll do you no harm
I want you to bring
Along my rockin’ shoes
’cause tonight I’m gonna rock away
All my blues
I heard the news
There’s good rockin’ tonight

Well, we’re gonna rock
we’re gonna rock
Let’s rock
come on and rock
We’re gonna rock all our blues away

Have you heard the news?
Everybody’s rockin’ tonight
Have you heard the news?
Everybody’s rockin’ tonight

I’m gonna hold my baby
As tight as I can
Well, tonight she’ll know
I’m a mighty, mighty man
I heard the news
There’s good rockin’ tonight

Well, we’re gonna rock, rock, rock
Come on and rock, rock, rock
Well, rock, rock, rock, rock
Let’s rock, rock, rock, rock
We’re gonna rock all our blues away

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Teach You To Rock


Teach You To Rock
Composer(s): Freddie Bell - Joey Lattanzi
Performer(s): Freddie Bell & The Bellboys; Tony Crombie & His Rockets; The Jive Romeros



Hello ev'rybody!

I mean ev'rybody!

We're gonna teach you to rock
We're gonna teach you to rock
We're gonna teach you to rock
Come on and rock with us

We're gonna teach you to rock
We're gonna teach you to rock
We're gonna teach you to rock
Come on and rock with us

If you can't swing, get out of the way
'Cause we don't want no squares
Once you learn and you get in the groove
You jump around, you don't have no cares

We're gonna teach you to rock
We're gonna teach you to rock
We're gonna teach you to rock
Come on and rock with us

I said One-Two-Three-Four
Five-Six-Seven-Eight-Nine-Ten
Rock! Rock! Rock! Rock!
We're gonna teach you to rock

One-Two-Three-Four
Five-Six-Seven-Eight-Nine-Ten
Rock! Rock! Rock! Rock!
We're gonna teach you to rock, Yes!

We're gonna teach you to rock
We're gonna teach you to rock
We're gonna teach you to rock
Come on and rock with us

We're gonna teach you to rock
We're gonna teach you to rock
We're gonna teach you to rock
Come on and rock with us

Well, if you can't swing, get out of the way
'Cause we don't want no squares
Once you learn and you get in the groove
You jump around and don't have no cares

We're gonna teach you to rock
We're gonna teach you to rock
We're gonna teach you to rock
Come on and rock with us

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My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time


My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time
Composer(s): Mann Curtis; Vic Mizzy
Performer(s): Les Brown & Doris Day
and various other artists



Well, what do you know
He smiled at me in my dreams last night
My dreams are getting better all the time
And, what do you know
he smiled at me in a different light
My dreams are getting better all the time

To think that we were strangers a couple of nights ago
And though it's a dream
I never dreamed he'd ever say hello
Oh, maybe tonight I'll hold him tight
when the moonbeams shine
My dreams are getting better all the time

To think that we were strangers a couple of nights ago
And though it's a dream
I never dreamed he'd ever say hello
Oh, maybe tonight I'll hold him tight
when the moonbeams shine
My dreams are getting better all the time

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Good Planets Are Hard To Find


Good Planets Are Hard To Find
Composer(s): Steve Forbert
Performer(s): Steve Forbert



Good planets are hard to find
Temp'rate zones and tropic climes
True currents in thriving seas
Winds blowin' through breathing trees
Strong ozone and safe sunshine
Good planets are hard to find

Good planets are in demand
Clean beaches and sparkling sand
Land masses with room to spare
Jet streams and perfect air
High forests and low wetlands
Good planets are in demand

And the mind don't know
If the heart can't see
Let the blind man go
To his destiny...

Good planets are rare indeed
Rain fallin' on crops and seed
Big rivers and good topsoil
Fuel sources from cane to oil
Green gardens of all we need
Good planets are rare indeed

And the mind don't know
If the heart can't see
Let the blind man go
To his destiny...

Good planets are scarce and few
Earthworms and caribou
Strong food chains and tasty meals
Textiles and plants that heal
Iron mountains and skies of blue
Good planets are scarce and few

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Teach Me Tonight


Teach Me Tonight
((Danish Version: Lær Os Det Nu (Ulla & Grethe) - 1968))
Composer(s): Sammy Cahn - Gene DePaul
First release by: Janet Brace - 1954
Covered by multiple other artists



Did you say that I've got a lot to learn
Well don't think I'm trying not to learn
Since this is the perfect spot to learn
Teach me tonight

Starting with the ABC of it
Getting right down to the XYZ of it
Help me solve the mystery of it
Teach me tonight

The sky's a blackboard high above you
And if a shooting star goes by
I'll use that star to write "I love you"
A thousand times across the sky

One thing isn't very clear my love
Teachers shouldn't stand so near my love
Graduation's almost here my love
You'd better teach me tonight

I've played loves scenes in a flick or two
And I've also met a chick or two
But I still can learn a trick or two
Hey teach me tonight

I who thought I knew the score of it
Kind of think I should know much more of it
Off the wall, the bed, the floor of it
Hey teach me tonight

The midnight hours come slowly creeping
When there's no one there but you
There must be more to life than sleeping
Single in a bed for two

What I need most is post graduate
What I feel is hard to articulate
If you want me to matriculate
You'd better teach me tonight

What do you get for lessons
Teach me... come on and teach me... teach me tonight

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My Dream (The Platters)


My Dream
Composer(s): Buck Ram
Performer(s): The Platters



My Dream
Is a wondrous dream
It's the answer too
Wanting only you

My Dream
Is a true delight
My escape at night
From a world that's blue

The world we know
Seems so far away
And where we go
Is for us to say

My Dream
Is a wealth of joy
No one can destroy
When I dream my dream
It's no common dream
It's a wondrous dream
Dream...

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Good Ole Boys Like Me


Good Ole Boys Like Me
Composer(s): Bob McDill; Don Williams
Performer(s): Don Williams



When I was a kid uncle Remus he put me to bed
With a picture of Stonewall Jackson above my head
With gin in his breath and a bible in his hand
And he talked about honor and things I should know
Then he staggered a little as he went out the door

(Chorus)

And I still hear the soft southern wind in the live oak trees
Those Williams boys they still mean a lot to me
Hank and Tennessee
I guess we’re all gonna be what we’re gonna be
So what do you do with good ole boys like me?

Well, nothing makes a sound in the night like the wind does
But you ain’t afraid if you’re washed in the blood like I was
John R. and the wolfman kept me company
By the light of the radio by my bed
With Thomas Wolfe whispering in my head

(Chorus)

When I was in school I ran with a kid down the street
And I watched him burn himself up on bourbon and speed
But I was smarted than most, and I could choose
Learned to talk like the man on the six o’clock news
When I was eighteen, lord, I hit the road
But it don’t seem to matter how far I go

(Chorus)

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