Intro
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[Verse 1]
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She sang with a voice,
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Fresh as a cool mountain river,
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That could wave Madam Butterfly goodbye,
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She could cut my wrist,
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With a smile like shoeshine,
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While her eyeballs rolling like Stromboli.
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Rita Rose never spoke French with me.
[Verse 2]
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Her skin white as snow,
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She blew the darkness out of my head,
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She could eat tiger balls on toast.
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Rita Rose never spoke French with me.
[Chorus]
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R-i-----ta Rose, Rose, Rose,
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Ne------ver spoke, spoke French with me,
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R-i-----ta Rose, Rose, Rose,
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Ne------ver spoke, spoke French with me,
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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She was a madness in my life,
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She could walk out of the jungle,
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With her eyelashes,
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Intact,
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Her teeth white as snow,
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They seemed not her own,
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She could kill a bull with her flamingo eyes.
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Cold as ice.
[Pre-Chorus]
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Rita Rose never spoke French with me.
[Chorus]
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R-i-----ta Rose, Rose, Rose,
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Ne------ver spoke, spoke French with me,
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R-i-----ta Rose, Rose, Rose,
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Ne------ver spoke, spoke French with me,
[Chorus]
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R-i-----ta Rose, Rose, Rose,
A# A#sus4 A# D# F A#
Ne------ver spoke, spoke French with me,
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R-i-----ta Rose, Rose, Rose,
A# A#sus4 A# D# F A#
Ne------ver spoke, spoke French with me,
[Outro]
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R-i-----ta Rose, Rose, Rose,
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Ne------ver spoke, spoke French with me,
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R-i-----ta Rose, Rose, Rose,
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Ne------ver spoke, spoke French with me.