She's under-age and she's underweight
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And she's one month hooked and she's two months late
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She comes from Wyoming
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And he named her Desiree
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She hit New York like a farm-fresh egg
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Hits a frying pan, she's too proud to beg
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So she works on the sidewalk
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He administrates her pay
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She calls him Swagger 'cause of his hat
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He adopted her in three seconds flat
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By the bus station doorway
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Where he found her half-alive
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He is her family and in return
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He beats up on her and takes all she can earn
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And she needs him so badly
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Losing him she'd never survive
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Him and her, me and you
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We do it to each other whatever we do
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Hand in hand, arm in arm
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It's always been the two of us doing us harm
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It's the same deal every time
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We're all of us partners in crime
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She is a buyer for Bloomingdale's
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He's division head of commercial sales
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They met at the office
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Odds we one to one they'd meet
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Work is the great aphrodisiac
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It's that nine-to-five gets 'em in the sack
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Afternoons at the office
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Evenings at the health retreat
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And all day long he just balls her out
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'Bout some shipment due on the air freight route
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But when they leave the office
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Guess who gets the upper hand?
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She's into power, he's into pain
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And beneath her heel, he will long remain
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And he needs her so badly
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Loves it when she takes command
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Him and her, me and you
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We do it to each other whatever we do
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Hand in hand, arm in arm
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It's always been the two of us doing us harm
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It's the same deal every time
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We're all of us partners in crime
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If there's a heaven, if there's a hell
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It's made up of those who we love so well
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And we make hell or heaven
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As we do when we're alive
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Two people meet and they fix their deal
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And they get what they deserve
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And they want the way they feel
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And we need love so badly
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Losing it we'd never survive
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Him and her, me and you
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We do it to each other whatever we do
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Hand in hand, arm in arm
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It's always been the two of us doing us harm
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It's the same deal every time
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We're all of us partners in crime
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Partners In Crime
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Rupert Holmes |