Wide Boy - Godley & Creme
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Everybody knows. He comes and goes. But the smell of his last cigarette,
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still lingers in your clothes. So don't be stupid and naive, he's only
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Playing cupid. And no matter what he says,
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He's only skimming off the cream. And he's only stoking boilers, while his
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engine gathers steam
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He isn't good enough. He isn't good enough to me.
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He's only using you.
He's Only passing through.
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'Cause he's a wide boy, sitting in the back row.
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Necking with his girlfriend. Goin' to a go-go.
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Wide boy. Really goin' nowhere.
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Victim of the sixties. ( Mummified in mohair)
Mohair, mohair, mohair, mohair.
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Everybody knows. When the sewer overflows.
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He'll be the one that always comes up, smelling like a rose. With one foot
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in your doorway. And one hand on your heart. He'll never do it your way.
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So don't part with the rubber gloves. 'Till the Turtle doves find a place to
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stay in. Cos' I saw Expresso Bongo. When I was a kid. So I know what I'm
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saying.
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He isn't good enough. He isn't good enough to me.
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He's only using you. He's Only passing through.
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'Cause he's a wide boy, sitting in the back row.
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Necking with his girlfriend, goin' to a go-go.
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Wide boy, really goin' nowhere. Victim of the sixties. (mummified in Mohair)
Mohair, mohair, mohair, mohair.
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Wide boy.
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What is your secret? Wide boy. You better fill me in.
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Why are all your suits italian. Is it the way I'm standing. You gotta keep
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Your hand in.
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Everybody knows. Everyone agrees. That you should not go crawling after
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him. On your hands and knees. You're being stupid and naive
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And you may just be fallin' for a wide boy, wide boy, wide boy.
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Wide boy. Sitting in the back row. Necking with his girlfriend. Goin' to a go-go
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Wide boy.
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Really goin' nowhere. Victim of the sixties. (Sixties, sixties, sixties...)
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