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It's a little bit funnyyyyyy, Lord
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this feeling insiiiiide
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I'm not one of those whoooooooo
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can easily hiiiiiide
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I don't have much moneeeey but
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boy, if I did
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I'd buy a big mansion
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where we both could liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive
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If, if I was a sculpture, Lord honey
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but then again, no
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Or a man who makes pooootions
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in a travelin' show
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I know it's not much, I know it's not much, but it's the best I can do
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You gave a gift, Lord
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and I'm gon' sing it for you
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And you can tell everybooooooooody
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that this is your song
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It may be quite, quite simple but that's
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how it's done
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I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind what I wrote down in woooooooords
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Hoooow wonderful life iiiiiiiis
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when you're in the world, woooorld, wooooooooooooooooooorld
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If, if, if I was on a rooftop
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I'd kick off my shoes
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I'll write a few veeeeeeeerses
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and then I get the bluuuuuuuues
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But the sun's been quite, quite kind
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While I wrote this soooong
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It's for people like you and people like me
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I wanna, I wanna keep turnin' on on on on
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So excuse me forgetting, but
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these things I do, Lord
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You see, you see I've forgotten
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if they're green or bluuuuuuuue
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Anyway the things is, anyway the thing is, what I really mean
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Your are the sweetest eyes, you've got the sweetest eyes
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The clearest eyes I've ever seen, I hope you know that
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I hope you, I hope you wrote back and tell everybody
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that this is your song
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It may be quite, quite simple but
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now that's how it's done
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I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind, but I wrote down in words, Looooord, words
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I'm doin' it for how wonderful life iiiiiiiiiiiiiis
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when you're in the world, woooorld, wooooooooooooooooooorld
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If, if, if I was on a rooftop
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I'd kick off my shoooes
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I'll write a few veeeeeeeerses
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and then I get the bluuuuuuuues
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But the sun's been quite, quite kind
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While I wrote this soooong
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It's for people like you and people like me I wanna, I wanna keep turnin' on
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So excuse so excuse me
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So excuse me forgetting, but
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these things I dooooooo
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You see, you see I've forgotten
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if they're green or bluuuuuuuue Baby
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Anyway the things is, anyway the thing is, what I really mean
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Your are the sweetest eyes, you've got the sweetest eyes
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The sweetest eyes I've ever seeeeeeeen
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I hoping you go back, go back and tell everybody
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that Billy Paul's got a song
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I'm, I'm gonna sit upon a, a rooftop and kick off my shoes I'm
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gonna write it, write it, write it I might come out
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with the Gospel, the Blues, the Jazz, the Rock and Roll I'm gonna, got to
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got to write me a simple song for everybody because this is my song
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It may be quite, quite simple but that's how it's dooooooooone
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I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind what I wrote down in words
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You come on back, you try to try again, try again
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Tell eeeeeverybody that Billy Paul got a song
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It may be quite, quite simple but that's how it's dooooooooone, baby
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I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind what I wrote down in woooooooooords
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Hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it... FADE OUT