Intro
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[Chorus]
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Bettie Bettie where can you be? I ain't seen the likes of you in Hustler magazine,
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Bettie Bettie don't you understand? If I had been taught by you I'd be a different man.
[Verse 1]
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You came to New York City back in Jack and Neil's day,
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All the lights of old Time Square they flickered on the great white wave,
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Straight from Tennessee and in the rarest beauty form,
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You walked before the car and caused a nationwide storm.
[verse 2]
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Oh, Pappy he remembered you from 1952,
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All the boys down at the pool hall had a calendar or two,
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Forty odd years later your still up and goin' strong,
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But I can't help wonderin' just where it is you've gone.
[Chorus]
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Bettie Bettie where can you be? I ain't seen the likes of you in Hustler magazine,
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Bettie Bettie don't you understand? If I had been taught by you I'd be a different man.
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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Now all the boys at boot camp had your picture on their wall,
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Thousands others saw you at their bachelor party brawl,
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But they don't see you smile like I do shining in my dreams,
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That jungle mistress, dark Madonna, leather movie queen.
[Chorus]
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Bettie Bettie where can you be? I ain't seen the likes of you in Hustler magazine,
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Bettie Bettie don't you understand? If I had been taught by you I'd be a different man.
[Interlude]
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[Verse 4]
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Well, now Brigitte Bardot, Julie NewmaR, Mary and Fay Ray,
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And Mr. Vargas pictures made me what I am today,
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But if I could see you one more time and not lose all my nerve,
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I'd gladly give the greatest of them all what she deserves.
[Chorus]
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Bettie Bettie where can you be? I ain't seen the likes of you in Hustler magazine,
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Bettie Bettie don't you understand? If I had been taught by you I'd be a different man.