You won't take my love for tender
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You can put your money where your mouth is
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But you're so unsure
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I could be a miser or a big spender
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But you might get much more than you bargained for
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Check in on a checkmate
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Grassing on a classmate
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So beautiful and fortunate
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You're the one who hates to love
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But he's the one who loves to hate
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He can fix you all for good
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Because he is the neighbourhood
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You can get money for blood
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Blood money for doing no good
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Better tell me now, have you made your selection?
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Are you ready for correction?
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Cause the wages of sin are an expensive infection
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It'll make you bankrupt
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Better pay up now, don't interrupt
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So in love, I'm so sincere
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Just like a well-known financier
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You know I've never been corrupt
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I'll pay you a compliment
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And you'll think I am innocent
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You can total up the balance sheet
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And never know if I'm a counterfeit
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You won't take my love for tender...
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Love For Tender
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Elvis Costello |