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Lonely Lady #17
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Neil Diamond
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Lonely lady one, she run away.
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And number two, she do the same.
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Lady number three walk out on me
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like number four.
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Who's keeping score?
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Lady five, oh how she lied.
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She made me pay some dues.
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Six and seven, eight, nine, ten,
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they really were bad news.
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Oh no, they'd only break my heart.
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That's how it seems.
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And then I finally came upon
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a lady seventeen.
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Lonely lady number seventeen,
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she stayed a while.
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She had the style.
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Lonely lady number seventeen,
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she got to be with lonely me.
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Lonely, lonely lady number seventeen, yeah.
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Lonely lady!
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Ladies eleven, twelve and thirteen,
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they came and went.
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"Baby," I still can hear them sayin'
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"It's time to repent."
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I turned around,
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and there she was
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with such a sweet surprise:
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a lovin' face,
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lovin' smile,
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and love lights in her eyes.
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Lonely lady number seventeen,
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you stayed a while.
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You had the style.
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Lonely lady number seventeen,
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come on and be
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with lonely me
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Oh no, when lady fourteen walked out,
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that's when I screamed.
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No luck with lady fifteen
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or sweet sixteen.
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But lonely lady number seventeen,
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you stayed a while.
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You had the style.
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Lonely lady number seventeen,
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come on an be
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with lonely me.
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Lonely, lonely lady
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number seventeen, yeah!
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Lonely lady!
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She makes me feel so sociable
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