Spent some time feelin' inferior
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standing in front of my mirror
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Combed my hair in a thousand ways
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but I came out looking just the same
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Daddy said, "Son, you better see the world
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I wouldn't blame you if you wanted to leave
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But remember one thing don't lose your head
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to a woman that'll spend your bread"
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So I got out
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Paris was a place you could hide away
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if you felt you didn't fit in
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French police wouldn't give me no peace
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They claimed I was a nasty person
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Down along the Left Bank minding my own
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Was knocked down by a human stampede
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Got arrested for inciting a peacful riot
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when all I wanted was a cup of tea
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I was accused
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I moved on
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Down in Rome I wasn't getting enough
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of the things that keeps a young man alive
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My body stunk but I kept my funk
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at a time when I was right out of luck
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Getting desperate indeed I was
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Looking like a tourist attraction
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Oh my dear I better get out of here
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'for the Vatican don't give no sanction
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I wasn't ready for that, no no
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I moved right out east yeah!
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On the Peking ferry I was feeling merry
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sailing on my way back here
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I fell in love with a slit eyed lady
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by the light of an eastern moon
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Shangai Lil never used the pill
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She claimed that it just ain't natural
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She took me up on deck and bit my neck
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Oh people I was glad I found her
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Oh yeah I was glad I found her
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I firmly believe that I didn't need anyone but me
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I sincerely thought I was so complete
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Look how wrong you can be
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The women I've known I wouldn't let tie my shoe
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They wouldn't give you the time of day
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But the slit eyed lady knocked me off my feet
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God I was glad I found her
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And if they had the words I could tell to you
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to help you on the way down the road
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I couldn't quote you no Dickens, Shelley or Keats
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'cause it's all been said before
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Make the best out of the bad just laugh it off
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You didn't have to come here anyway
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So remember, every picture tells a story don't it
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Too Bad/Every Picture Tells a Story
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