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It's a little bit funnyyyyyy, Lord 
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this feeling insiiiiide 
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I'm not one of those whoooooooo  
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can easily hiiiiiide 
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I don't have much moneeeey but 
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boy, if I did 
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I'd buy a big mansion 
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where we both could liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive 
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If, if I was a sculpture, Lord honey 
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but then again, no 
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Or a man who makes pooootions        
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in a travelin' show  
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I know it's not much, I know it's not much, but it's the best I can do 
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You gave a gift, Lord 
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and I'm gon' sing it for you 
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And you can tell everybooooooooody 
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that this is your song 
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It may be quite, quite simple but that's 
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how it's done 
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I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind what I wrote down in woooooooords  
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Hoooow wonderful life iiiiiiiis  
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when you're in the world, woooorld, wooooooooooooooooooorld 
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If, if, if I was on a rooftop 
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I'd kick off my shoes 
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I'll write a few  veeeeeeeerses         
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and then I get the bluuuuuuuues 
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But the sun's been quite, quite kind 
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While I wrote this soooong 
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It's for people like you and people like me 

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I wanna, I wanna keep turnin' on on on on 
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So excuse me forgetting, but  
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these things I do, Lord 
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You see, you see I've forgotten 
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if they're green or bluuuuuuuue 
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Anyway the things is, anyway the thing is, what I really mean 
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Your are the sweetest eyes, you've got the sweetest eyes 
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The clearest eyes I've ever seen, I hope you know that  
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I hope you, I hope you wrote back and tell everybody  
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that this is your song 
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It may be quite, quite simple but 
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now that's how it's done 
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I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind, but I wrote down in words, Looooord, words 
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I'm doin' it for how wonderful life iiiiiiiiiiiiiis  
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when you're in the world, woooorld, wooooooooooooooooooorld 
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If, if, if I was on a rooftop 
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I'd kick off my shoooes 
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I'll write a few  veeeeeeeerses         
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and then I get the bluuuuuuuues 
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But the sun's been quite, quite kind 
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While I wrote this soooong 
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It's for people like you and people like me I wanna, I wanna keep turnin' on 
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So excuse so excuse me 
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So excuse me forgetting, but   
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these things I dooooooo 
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You see, you see I've forgotten  
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if they're green or bluuuuuuuue Baby 
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Anyway the things is, anyway the thing is, what I really mean 
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Your are the sweetest eyes, you've got the sweetest eyes 
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The sweetest eyes I've ever seeeeeeeen 
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I hoping you go back, go back and tell everybody  
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that Billy Paul's got a song 
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I'm, I'm gonna sit upon a, a rooftop and kick off my shoes I'm 
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gonna write it, write it, write it I might come out 
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with the Gospel, the Blues, the Jazz, the Rock and Roll I'm gonna, got to 
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got to write me a simple song for everybody because this is my song 
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It may be quite, quite simple but   that's how it's dooooooooone 
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I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind what I wrote down in words  
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You come on back, you try to try again, try again 
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Tell eeeeeverybody     that Billy Paul got a song 
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It may be quite, quite simple but that's how it's dooooooooone, baby 
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I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind what I wrote down in woooooooooords 
Ab 
Hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it...   FADE OUT