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You want me be someone better

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I just wanna monkey 'round yeah

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You want me to write you a letter

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But the words just won't come the right way

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My pen won't listen to a thing that I say



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Silly thing hey hey silly thing hey hey

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Well it don't mean a thing if you ain't got that swing

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Silly thing hey hey yeah hey hey.



Maybe you're getting sloppy

Under the midday sun oh yeah.

You come on like a carbon copy

But I just wanna hang to the way you live.

Don't you want the love I got to give



Silly thing hey hey silly thing hey hey

Well it don't mean a thing if you ain't got that swing

Silly thing hey hey yeah hey hey.



Sax solo



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Well I just wanna hang to the way you live.

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Don't you want the love I got to give



Silly thing hey hey silly thing hey hey

Well it don't mean a thing if you ain't got that swing

Silly thing hey hey yeah hey hey.

I said you don't-a mean a thing if you ain't got that swing

Silly thing hey hey repeat and fade