| Brother Nigel paints the stairs with the signs of the Zodiac
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| Throws mink in the mirror as he stands in his plastic bag
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| My sister Emma rises ever round and round the garden
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| Spends the whole day saying, «I beg your pardon»
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| Oh my, my, my, my, my, my, my, it makes you wanna cry
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| This is the house that Jack built, baby, and it reaches up into the sky
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| Uncle Joe cracks walnuts in between his toes for fun
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| And looks through coloured glass at the dark spots on the sun
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| And Mary she believes that her mother was a queen
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| Keep saying you just missed him, King Solomon’s just been
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| Oh my, my, my, my, my, my, my, it makes you wanna cry
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| This is the house that Jack built, baby, and it reaches up into the sky
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| Oh my, my, my, my, my, my, my, it makes you wanna cry
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| This is the house that Jack built, baby, and it reaches up into the sky
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| Cousin Festus writes a letter each and every single day
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| He believes that writing letters keep the Asian flew away
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| I got a reservation, now it’s given it for free 'cause I killed all the flies
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| in the State of Tennessee
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| Oh my, my, my, my, my, my, my, it makes you wanna cry
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| This is the house that Jack built, baby, and it reaches up into the sky
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| I’m coming
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| I’m coming
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| Please save a place for me
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| Oh, I’m coming babe
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| Oh, I’m coming babe
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| Oh, I’m coming babe |