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Babe, I am On Fire
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Nick Cave
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Father says it, mother says it
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Sister says it, brother says it
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Uncle says it, Auntie says it
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Everyone at the party says
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Babe, I'm on fire
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The horse says it, the pig says it
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The judge in his wig says it
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The fox and the rabbit
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And the nun in her habit says
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Babe, I'm on fire
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My mate Bill Gates says it
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The President of the
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United States says it
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The slacker and the worker
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The girl in her burqa says
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Babe, I'm on fire
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The general with his tank says it
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The man at the bank says it
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The soldier with his rocket
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And the mouse in my pocket says
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Babe, I'm on fire
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The drug-addled wreck
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With a needle in his neck says it
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The drunk says it, punk says it
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The brave Buddhist monk says
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Hit me up, baby, and knock me down
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Drop what you're doing
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and come around
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We can hold hands till
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the sun goes down
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Cause I know
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That you
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And I
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Can be
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Together
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Cause I love you
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The blind referee says it
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The unlucky amputee says it
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The giant killer bee
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Landing on my knee says
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Babe, I'm on fire
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The cop with his breathalyser
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The paddy with his fertiliser
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The man in the basement
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That's getting a taste for it says
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Babe, I'm on fire
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The fucked-up Rastafarian says it
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The dribbling libertarian says it
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The sweet little Goth
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With the ears of cloth says
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Babe' I'm on fire
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The cross-over country
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singer says it
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The hump-backed bell ringer says it
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The swinger, the flinger
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The outraged right-winger says
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Babe, I'm on fire
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The man going hiking says it
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The misunderstood Viking says it
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The man at the rodeo
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And the lonely old Eskimo says
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Chorus
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The mild little Christian says it
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The wild Sonny Liston says it
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The pimp and the gimp
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And the guy with the limp says
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Babe, I'm on fire
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The blind piano tuner says it
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The Las Vegas crooner says it
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The hooligan mooner
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Holding a schooner says
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Babe, I'm on fire
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The Chinese contortionist says it
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The backyard abortionist says it
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The poor Pakistani
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With his lamb Bhirriani says
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Babe, I'm on fire
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The hopeless defendant says it
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The toilet attendant says it
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The pornographer, the stenographer
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The fashion photographer says
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Babe, I'm on fire
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The college professor says it
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The vicious cross-dresser says it
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Grandma and Grandpa
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In the back of the car says
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Chorus
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The hack at the doorstep says it
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The midwife with her
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forceps says it
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The demented young lady
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Who is roasting her baby
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On the fire
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Babe, I'm on fire
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The athlete with his hernia says it
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Picasso with his Guernica says it
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My wife with her furniture
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Everybody!
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Babe, I'm on fire
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The laughing hyena says it
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The homesick polish cleaner says it
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The man from the Klan
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With a torch in his hand says
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Babe, I'm on fire
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The Chinese herbologist says it
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The Christian apologist says it
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The dog and the frog
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Sitting on a log says
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Babe, I'm on fire
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The foxhunting toff says it
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The horrible moth says it
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The doomed homosexual
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With the persistent cough says
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Chorus
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The Papist with his soul says it
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The rapist on a roll says it
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Jack says it, Jill says it
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As they roll down the hill
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Babe, I'm on fire
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The clever circus flea says it
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The sailor on the sea says it
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The man from the Daily Mail
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With his dead refugee says
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Babe, I'm on fire
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The hymen-busting Zulu says it
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The proud kangaroo says it
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The koala, the echidna
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And the platypus too says
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Babe, I'm on fire
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The disgraced country vicar says it
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The crazed guitar picker says it
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The beatnik, the peacenik
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The apparachick says
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Babe, I'm on fire
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The deranged midnight
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stalker says it
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Garcia Lorca says it
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The hit man, Walt Whitman
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And the haliototic talker says
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Chorus
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The wine taster with
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his nose says it
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The fireman with his hose says it
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The pedestrian, the equestrian
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The tap-dancer with his toes says
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Babe, I'm on fire
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The beast in the beauty pageant
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The pimply real estate agent
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The beach-comber, the roamer
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The girl in a coma says
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Babe, I'm on fire
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The old rock''roller
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With his two-seater stroller
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And the fan in the van
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With the abominable plan says
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Babe, I'm on fire
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The menstruating Jewess says it
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The nervous stewardess says it
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The hijacker, the backpacker
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The cunning safecracker says
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Babe, I'm on fire
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The sports commentator says it
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The old alligator says it
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The tennis pro with his racquet
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The loon in the straight jacket
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Chorus
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The butcher with his
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cleaver says it
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The mad basket weaver says it
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The jaded boxing writer
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And the glass-jawed fighter says
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Babe, I'm on fire
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The old town cryer says it
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The inveterate liar says it
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The pilchard, the bream
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And the trout in the stream
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Babe, I'm on fire
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The war correspondent says it
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The enthused and the
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despondent says it
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The electrician, the mortician
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And the man going fishin' says
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Babe, I'm on fire
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The cattleman from
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Down Under says it
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The patriot with his
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plunder says it
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Watching a boat of full of refugees
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Sinking into the sea
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Babe, I'm on fire
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The silicone junky says it
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The corporate flunky says it
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The Italian designer
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With his rickshaw in China says
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Chorus
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The trucker with his
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juggernaut says it
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The lost astronaut says it
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The share cropper, the bent copper
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The compulsive shopper says
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Babe, I'm on fire
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The Viennese vampire says it
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The cowboy round his
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campfire says it
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The game show panellist
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The Jungian analyst says
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Warren says it, Blixa says it
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The lighting guy and mixer says it
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Mick says it, Marty says it
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Everyone at the party says
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Babe, I'm on Fire
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The hairy arachnophobic says it
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The scary agoraphobic says it
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The mother, the brother
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And the decomposing lover says
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Babe, I'm on fire
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Chorus
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