Intro
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verse 1
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My daddy had a Pontiac on the beige-er side of yellow
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He was a young man then and I was a little fella
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I'd play in that bench back seat and listen to the songs get sung
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He couldn't carry a tune in a bucket but he'd sing at the top of his lungs
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Carry on my wayward son on a hippie radio
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Songs about the flower babies and the birth of rock and roll
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And I was band and I would stand and we'd bounce down the road
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A boy and his dad in a Pontiac with that hippie radio
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verse 2
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Can't' remember if it was seventeen, maybe eighteen is right
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But I'll never forget those baby blues and the glow of that dashboard light
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I'd won her heart the week before and it was hot right from the start
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I busted her brother Billy's mouth for makin' fun of my car
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It was White Wedding and Rebel Yell on the hippie radio
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I was Werewolf in London, and she was Lady Marmalade's soul
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And I'd crank the band, take her hand and we'd pull off back a road
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A boy and his girl in a Pontiac, and the hippie radio
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Hey little sister what have you done
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Hey little sister who's the only one
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Hey little sister who's your superman
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Hey little sister who's the one you want
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Hey little sister shot gun!
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It's a nice day to start again
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It's a nice day for a white wedding
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It's a nice day to start again.
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I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand
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Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain
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He was looking for a place called Lee Ho Fook's
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Going to get a big dish of beef chow mein
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Ah-ooooo, werewolves of London
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Ah-ooooo
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Ah-ooooo, werewolves of London
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Ah-ooooo
verse 1
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A child arrived just the other day
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Came to the world in the usual way
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There were planes to catch, bills to pay
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He learned to walk while i was away
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He was talking 'fore i knew it and when he could, he said
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"I'm gonna be like you, dad,
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You know i'm gonna be like you"
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The cats in the cradle and the silver spoon
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Little boy blue and a man on the moon
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When you comin' home son, I don't know when
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We'll get together then,
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You know we'll have a good time then
verse 3
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Four years and seven days from tying cans to the bumper
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I was pacing a maternity floor, my flower baby was a mother
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My hands were shaking as we were leaving, taking our boy home
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My heart was full and in my head I could hear a long, long song
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Cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon on the hippie radio
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A-B-C 1-2-3, don't blink or he'll be gone
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And I took her hand and she just smiled with a look that said "I know"
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A boy and his dad and a boy and his girl in a Pontiac
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And the hippie radio
Outro
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