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It's a Dirty World
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she said she trained to be a dancer,
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but she had a proper job by day,
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charlie chaplin knew her father
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before he passed away.
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asked could i help her with a problem,
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she doesn't get out much no more:
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"i'm not looking for a lover, no no no.
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i wanna dance that's all."
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oh i wanna dance that's all.
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i wanna dance that's all.
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i wanna dance that's all.
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and all around the world are people singing "hallelujah!"
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and every man in town wants to do it to ya,
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with your back up against the cigarette machine.
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oh it's bad for your health if you know what i mean, oh yeah.
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and the guys at the front have seen your act one million times before,
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but nobody does it quite the same so they're sitting down for more.
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but you're making them feel so useless and dumb,
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'cause they've seen it all and they still can't come.
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ahhhhh.
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let me tell ya: it's a dirty world.
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oh it's a dirty world. it's a dirty world.
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it's a dirty world. it's a dirty world.
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and everybody in the house says whoah,
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and everybody in the house says yeah.
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everybody in the house says whoah,
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everybody in the house says yeah.
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with the period features and original dust and the china everywhere,
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and you dance till the place goes up in flames,
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then you lay down in the charred remains.
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that's where i come in with my second-hand excuse for technique,
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yeah. technique, yeah.
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oh ain't that a treat, yeah?
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and everybody in the house says whoah,
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and everybody in the house says yeah.
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everybody in the house says whoah,
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everybody in the house says yeah.
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you see, i always wanted to be a dancer
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but i just could not get it right.
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it got me down at parties,
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so i used to sit and drink all night.
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ow i see it's not so hard,
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all i needed was a partner,
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someone even dirtier than me.
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and i'm so glad i found ya,
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yeah, i'm so glad i found ya.
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oh it's a dirty world, it's a dirty world..
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it's a dirty world. (repeat to fade)
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and everybody in the house says whoah,
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and everybody in the house says yeah. (repeat to fade)
Pulp - Common People
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