She rises for work early each day
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She's tough and she's straight and her words never ricochet
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The wounds that you gave her she wears like a bouquet
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It's crazy, Joey, how she loves you come what may
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And though you have gone she defends you like a lion
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She says you're just going through some kind of phase
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Strange talk of deserts, Hong Kong and red wine
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Of kissing the moon in some beat up old plane
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Chorus
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Joe-Joe-Joey don't do it
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Don't walk out into the night
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Mus' ukuthatha ngamawala awuthula-nje
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(Don't fly off the handle, take it easy)
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Joe-Joe-Joey don't do it
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Love can give you wings to fly
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Mus' ukuthatha ngamawala awuthula-nje
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(Don't fly off the handle, take it easy)
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Joe-Joe-Joey don't do it
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Awuthulanje
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She loves the dreamers, but not the schemers
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She loves the contradictions, but not the lies
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She says every home ever built was built on tears
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And she's not scared of crying but she is of wasted years
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So she'll wait like a ship anchored beyond the harbour
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And if there is no place to dock she'll head for the sea
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And I don't know if you know but there's nothing much harder
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Than facing a part of yourself which you know might have been
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Chorus
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Joe-Joe-Joey don't do it
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Don't walk out into the night
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Mus' ukuthatha ngamawala awuthula-nje
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(Don't fly off the handle, take it easy)
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Joe-Joe-Joey don't do it
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It'll be different in the morning light
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Mus' ukuthatha ngamawala awuthula-nje
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(Don't fly off the handle, take it easy)
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Joe-Joe-Joey don't do it
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Awuthulanje
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Just look around
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Do you know where you're going
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Such a sad seed I see you sowing
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There is nothing to be found in the wind that's blowing
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Just an empty sound, Joey don't do it
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Chorus
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Joe-Joe-Joey don't do it
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Don't walk out into the night
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Mus' ukuthatha ngamawala awuthula-nje
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(Don't fly off the handle, take it easy)
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Joe-Joe-Joey don't do it
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Love can give you wings to fly
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Mus' ukuthatha ngamawala awuthula-nje
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(Don't fly off the handle, take it easy)
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Joe-Joe-Joey don't do it
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Awuthula-nje
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Joey Don't Do It
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Johnny Clegg & Savuka |