Verse
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Wrote a letter this mornin',
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Put it in your hat,
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'Cause no one to read it
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And I know you knew that.
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I bought a joke,
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a trick or two,
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Just to bring and show you,
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Caught ya with the trickster too
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Sometimes I wonder how ya knew
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D hypnotist, fancytalker,
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Ruben Remus ain't no doctor
[Verse 2]
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I knew the man and tried to remember
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Just where it was that I'd seen his face.
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Long ago, in a movie show,
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He was like that man singin' bass.
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Knew him by his nurs'ry rhyme:
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The Story Of The Rabbit Man.
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Fell right in and said to him:
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"I'd like to help you if I can."
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I know the film would only shock ya,
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Ruben Remus ain't no doctor!
[Verse 3]
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He only needed what you had,
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Asked for nothing more,
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Said he'd like to take you on,
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But it's been done before.
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You couldn't see he's a travelin' man
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And he cannot take your hand.
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It's very hard to understand
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Why his songs were never banned.
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Guess the man would never knock ya,
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Ruben Remus ain't no doctor!
[Verse 4]
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No one seen ya since he's been gone,
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It's been a day, maybe more.
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I took a walk in your yard
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And knocked on your back door.
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Why don't you let me in?
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I'm not the man who did ya in.
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Is mr. Remus still your friend?
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You say you don't remember him
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Turn me down, would ya?
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Well, I've got news for you.
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Turn me down would ya,
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Can't ya tell
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I'm gonna change your mind before I'm... trough...