| Sometimes a man and a woman spends thirty or forty years together
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| And they don’t belong together
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| And then one day, one of them tries to leave
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| And does but in a most peculiar way
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| Woman, one of these days I’m (leaving)
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| Leaving you far behind
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| And on that day you’ll be (grieving)
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| Grieve on, woman, I don’t mind
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| Look out in the backyard (Mama)
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| Cause I’m leaving you real soon
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| Gonna fly me up to (heaven)
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| In my big red balloon
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| You’re nothing but an old fool
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| And that’s all you’ll ever be
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| You’re nothing but an old fool
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| You know you’ll never beat me
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| So stop your silly playing
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| It’s time you settled down
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| And hear me when I’m saying
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| You’ll never get that damn thing off the ground
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| Old woman are ya (looking)
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| Cause I’m almost ten fight high, high, high
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| Woman stop your (cooking)
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| Cause I’ll never eat that pie
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| I’m on my way to (heaven)
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| Might even touch the moon
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| Wave me goodbye I’m (leaving)
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| In my big red balloon
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| You’re nothing but an old fool
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| And that’s all you’ll ever be
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| You’re nothing but an old fool
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| You know you’ll never leave me
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| So stop your silly playing
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| It’s time you settled down
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| You better hear me when I’m saying
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| You’ll never get that damn thing off the ground
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| You never gave me (loving)
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| You never were the kind
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| You never gave me (children)
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| You never had the time
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| Remember me to (no one)
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| I was born this afternoon
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| I got it all (together)
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| In my big red balloon
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| You’re nothing but an old fool
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| And that’s all you’ll ever be
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| You’re nothing but an old fool
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| You know you’ll never leave me
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| So c’mon and stop this silly playing
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| It’s time you settled down
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| And hear me when I’m saying
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| You’ll never get that damn thing off the ground
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| You’ll never get that damn thing off the ground
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| I said you won’t get that thing off the ground
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| Get that —
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| What are you doing up there?
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| Bring that damn thing back down here
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| Listen — you hear me
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| Get back down here boy! |