Poetry Man

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Ah ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah, ooh yeah
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You make me laugh
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Cause your eyes they light the night
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They look right through me--la, la, la, la

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You bash-ful boy 
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You’re hid-ing something sweet
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Please give it to—--me------yeah---, to me

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Oh, oh, Talk to me some more
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You don’t have to go
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You’re the po-et-ry man
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You make things all rhyme------yeah, yeah
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Ah ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah, ooh yeah


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You are a ge-nie
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And all I ask for is your smile
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Each time I rub the lamp la, la, la, la
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When I am with you
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I have a gig-gling teen-age crush
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Then I’m a sul-try vamp, yeah, a sul-try vamp

Chorus twice

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So, once a-gain it’s time to say so long
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And, so re-call the law of life, la, la, la, la
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You’re go-ing home now 
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Home’s that place some-where you go each day
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To see your wife, to see your wife

Chorus twice

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