Intro
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[VERSE 1:]
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Take it short, take it fast
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Make it good and make it last
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Keep it simple, keep it sweet
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Wash your hands before you eat
[CHORUS:]
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Well, there's one thousand, four hundred and forty-eight
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Minutes in a day
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What you are is what you say
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You save your dollars and count your pay
[VERSE 2:]
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Always shining, always gleam
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Never fat and never lean
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Always smart, never dumb
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Don't pick your nose or suck your thumb
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[VERSE 3:]
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Try and read, have your say
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Thinking ahead in another way
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Look and see, you will find
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When you know it'll blow your mind
[CHORUS:]
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Well, there's four hundred and forty cycles
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In a concert-D
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What you are is what you play
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