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Modern Talk
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Shel Silverstein
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Modern talk,
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Everybody's talkin' modern talk.
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Ain't sayin' nothin' with modern talk,
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Just zazoo vome voo zazee aza doom va vo
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Now picture the scene --
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The day is sunny,
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A man meets a friend
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And he asks for some money,
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He says I need five to keep me alive.
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Friend gives him this kind of jive -- sayin'
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Zaa za voo za za voo I can't make it
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Va za va za voo za va see ya later
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Vome zoo-za vome a-viddle oo vin
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And he's right back out on the street again.
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When a girl gets on the phone, she talks to her lover.
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She says we got troubles that we can't keep covered.
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I just got the news I'm knittin' baby shoes,
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So call up the preacher now
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And pay your dues.
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The guy says:
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Zaa za voo za za voo see ya later
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Va za va za voo za va I got problems
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Vome zoo-za vome a-till then
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And she's right back out on the street again.
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When a guy gets grabbed by an army recruiter,
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He says "We're gonna put you in a khaki suit-a,
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So don't you lie and don't you cry
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But take this test to qualify."
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The guy says:
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[Blubbering noises]
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When a lady goes down to see her psychiatrist
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Lies on a couch to give her head a twist
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Is it a psychosis or is it a neurosis?
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The doctor gives her this diagnosis:
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Zaa za voo za za voo twenty dollars
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Va za va za voo za va I got problems
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Vome zoo-za vome come back next we''sday
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And she's right back out on the street again.
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On TV there's a man sellin' soap
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A man selling hope and a man sellin' dope
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While chipmunks sing and politicians swing
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And everybody's sayin' the same damn thing.
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Zaa za voo za za voo
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Va za va za voo za va
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Vome zoo-za vome [start to fade out]
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Zaa za voo za za voo
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Va za va za voo za va
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Vome zoo-za vome.
Modern Talking - Cheri Cheri Lady (Offic...
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