Six-Fingered Man
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Playing a seven-string guitar
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There are Seven Deadly Sins
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Any one of them can do you in
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Take what you lost from what you win
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It's never enough
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Six-Fingered Man
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Always the first to blow his horn
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His achievements multiply
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Pity half of them seem to be lies
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Always helps to advertise
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It's never enough
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He seems so satisfied
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With a reputation to protect
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Unless he thinks that you're more qualified
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Gets so much of his own affection
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Stares for hours at his reflection
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Long-legged gal walking a very tiny man
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They say that it should be forbidden
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Must be something he has hidden
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Take what you want from what you're given
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Oh, it's never enough
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Six-Fingered Man
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Shaking his fist at everyone
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Couldn't even act his age
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If you put him on a stage
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You might say he's all the rage
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But it's never enough
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Getting his prints on everything
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He's got semi-precious gems
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Glinting in his signet ring
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Needs his fingers and his thumbs
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To help him calculate his sums
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Six-Fingered Man
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Can't be bothered to stir himself
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Sleeps the whole day long or more
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Dreams of someone he adores
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Drains one drink and starts to pour
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Oh, it's never enough
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Oh, it's never enough
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Oh, it's never enough
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Six-Fingered
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Man Alive!
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How'd I ever get along with five?
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Six-Fingered Man
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Elvis Costello |