Intro
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[Verse 1]
D#m G#7
Your old lover's lying in the gutter
D#m G#7
He used to be such an all night strutter
Cm G#
"Oh, my heart," I heard him mutter
Cm Gm
"Oh, my dear, it seems to flutter"
Gm F
Aa-aa-aa-aa-aah!
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Aa-aa-aa-aa-aah!
[Verse 2]
D#m G#7
It's so hard to say "No"
D#m G#7
When the deck is stacked to only go slow
Cm G#
It's easy sweet to live it up
Cm Gm
An easy street when you've had enough
Gm F
Aa-aa-aa-aa-aah!
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Aa-aa-aa-aa-aah!
[Interlude]
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Darkened night, splashing light
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Soft and white and so polite
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Let him in, beneath the rim
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Beneath the skin, your next of kin
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Cleansing fire, funeral pyre
D# Cm
Broken wire grown inside her
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Secret hush, swollen rush
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It's soft and plush. It's so plush
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
D#m G#7
You know it's so passé
D#m G#7
to sleep without you every day
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So easy to do your stuff
Cm Gm
So easy to live it up
Gm F
Aa-aa-aa-aa-aah!
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Aa-aa-aa-aa. Aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa
[Outro]
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