Intro
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#1.
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That crooked lawyer, that son of a gun, he took
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my woman and away they run.
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She took my money and he took my car, and left me
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stranded here behind these bars.
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They're off having them a swinging spree, but I'm
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worried bout them swinging me.
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Bars won't hold me but a little while, if mama don't
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forget that file.
CHORUS:
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Oh, mama bake (mama bake) a sugar cake (a sugar cake)
for your loving child.
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Oh-ho-ho-ho, mama bake (mama bake) a sugar cake
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(a sugar cake) for your poor imprisoned child.
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Mama bake (mama bake) a sugar cake (a sugar cake)..
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ohhhh, but mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama,
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mama, mama, don't forget that file.
#2.
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That crooked lawyer, that son of a gun, he said I
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had the case all but won.
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My baby said she'd testify for me, that I was innocent
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as I could be.
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And when she got up on the witness stand, she told
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the judge I was a guilty man.
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Hand in hand they left the trial, oh, mama, don't
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forget that file.
CHORUS:
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Oh, mama bake (mama bake) a sugar cake (a sugar cake)
for your loving child.
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Oh-ho-ho-ho, mama bake (mama bake) a sugar cake
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(a sugar cake) for your poor imprisoned child.
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Mama bake (mama bake) a sugar cake (a sugar cake)..
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ohhhh, but mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama,
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mama, mama, don't forget that file.
OUTRO: G#
F sixties smash from Kraziekhat.