Intro 
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verse 1 
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Five gingerbread men lying on a tray, 
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One jumped up and ran away, 
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Shouting “Catch me, catch me, catch me if you can… 
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I run really fast, I’m the gingerbread man! 
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The gingerbread man, the gingerbread man, 
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I run really fast, I’m the gingerbread man!” 

Bridge 
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verse 2 
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Four gingerbread men lying on a tray, 
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One jumped up and ran away, 
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Shouting “Catch me, catch me, catch me if you can… 
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I run really fast, I’m the gingerbread man! 
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The gingerbread man, the gingerbread man, 
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I run really fast, I’m the gingerbread man!” 

Bridge 
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verse 3 
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Three gingerbread men lying on a tray, 
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One jumped up and ran away, 
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Shouting “Catch me, catch me, catch me if you can… 
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I run really fast, I’m the gingerbread man! 
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The gingerbread man, the gingerbread man, 
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I run really fast, I’m the gingerbread man!” 

Bridge 
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verse 3 
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Two gingerbread men lying on a tray, 
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One jumped up and ran away, 
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Shouting “Catch me, catch me, catch me if you can… 
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I run really fast, I’m the gingerbread man! 
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The gingerbread man, the gingerbread man, 
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I run really fast, I’m the gingerbread man!” 

Bridge 
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Verse 5 
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Just one gingerbread man lying on a tray 
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He jumped up and ran away 
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Shouting “Catch me, catch me, catch me if you can… 
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I run really fast, I’m the gingerbread man! 
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The gingerbread man, the gingerbread man, 
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I run really fast, I’m the gingerbread man!” 

Bridge 
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Verse 6 
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No gingerbread men lying on a tray, 
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They all jumped up and ran away 
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Oh how I wish they had stayed with me to play 
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Next time I’ll eat them up before they run away 
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The gingerbread men, the gingerbread men, 
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Next time I’ll eat them up before they run away! 

Outro 
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Next time I’ll eat them up before they run away!