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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
A E A E
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
A E A E
Well I just wanna hang to the way you live.
A E B
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