[Verse:]
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[Pickles:]
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You're compromising me
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But that's exactly as it ought to be
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I simply fell for you because I wanted to fall
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Don't speak of wedding chimes
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Because we mustn't be behind the times
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Besides a wedding isn't necessary at all
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[1st refrain:]
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Don't worry because I fell
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You don't have to do right by Nell
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'Cause I don't wanna be married, I just wanna be friends
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Don't worry 'cause I gave in
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Best of families live in sin
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'Cause they don't wanna be married, they just wanna be friends
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While all the happy married couples sit and fight
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We'll be still going strong
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And fifty million Frenchmen say it's quite alright
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And that many can't be wrong
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I never would change my name
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Even after the baby came
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'Cause I don't wanna be married, I just wanna be friends
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[2nd refrain:]
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[Joe:]
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My father would give me hell
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If I didn't do right by Nell
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But I don't wanna be married, I just wanna be friends
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Please grant me my father's wish
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Shotgun weddings are just his dish
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I don't wanna be married, I just wanna be friends
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The kiddies wouldn't like it, they'd be awfully mad
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'Twould be known near and far
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To be a little "who's-this" isn't really bad
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For some of my best friends are
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If not for the family
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Make an hon'rable man of me!
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But I don't wanna be married, I just wanna be friends
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I Don't Wanna Be Married, I Just Wanna Be Friends
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Irving Berlin |