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The Divine Comedy
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And if one day I should become
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A singer with a Spanish bum
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Who sings for women of great virtue
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I'd sing to them with a guitar
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I'd borrow from a coffee bar
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- Well, what you don't know doesn't hurt you
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My name would be Antonio
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And all my bridges I would burn
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And when I sang a song they'd know
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I'd expect something in return...
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I'd have to get drunk every night
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And talk about virility
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With some old grandmother who might
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Be decked out like a Christmas tree
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And no pink elephants I would see
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Though I'd be drunk as I can be
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Still I would sing my song to me
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About the time they called me Jackie
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If I could be for only an hour
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If I could be for an hour every day
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If I could be for just one little hour
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Cute - in a stupid-assed way
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And if I joined the social world
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Became procurer of young girls
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And I would have my own bordello
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My records would be number one
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And I'd sell records by the tonne
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All sang by many other fellows
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My name would then be Handsome Jack
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And I'd sell boats of opium
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Whisky that came from Twickenham
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Offering queers and phoney virgins
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If I had banks on every finger
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A finger in every country
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And all the countries ruled by me
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I'd still know exactly where I'd want to be...
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Holed up inside my opium den
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Surrounded by some chinamen
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I'd sing a song that I sang then
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About the time they called me Jackie
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If I could be for only an hour
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If I could be for an hour every day
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If I could be for just one little hour
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Cute - in a stupid-assed way
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Now tell me wouldn't it be nice
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That if one day in paradise
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I'd sing for all the ladies up there
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And they would si
The Divine Comedy - National Express
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