(C. Murphy/Sloan)
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All the resumes were splendid
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But she's the one they recommended
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For the job but starting late in life
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Means she can't celebrate
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She hasn't time or energy
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To spend on friends and family
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She's got some catching up to do
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And precious hours are few
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Oh the life of a working girl
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I used to see her all the time
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She's young at heart but no teenager
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Early thirties I would wager
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I came along a little later
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So I could merely carbon date her
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Age, she's not keen to
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It's a trap, I a door
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In the stage she can go through
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Until the encore
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Now she's the one who gives belated
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Birthday wishes devastated
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She forgot it on the day
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But this is not a job that pays her
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By the hour or she'd be set
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Before the sun so she forgets
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These things like light upon her face
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Who'll spring her from this place
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Oh the life of a working girl
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I used to see her all the time
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Oh the life of a working girl
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I used to see her all the time
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Now someone's had a few successes
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Who, I'll give you twenty guesses
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Take some credit just admit it
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Everybody knows you did it
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It's not that I'm not happy for her
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But it's not easy to adore her
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From afar does she get lonely
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Like I do if I could only see her all the time
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See her all the time
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Oh the life of a working girl
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I used to see her all the time
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Oh the life of a working girl
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I used to see her all the time
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THE LIFE OF A WORKING GIRL
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Sloan |