Spent last winter playing in the sand
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With the prisoners of the motherland
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Damn hotel is feeling like a cell
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And even paradise can be so cruel
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Sitting by the swimming pool
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Trying to keep my head together
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In that hot Australia weather
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Three days to kill and my per diem's getting low
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'Cause I spent all my money calling long distance
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Calling long distance, such a long way from home
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Am I talking to long distance, can you put me through?
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Twelve thousand miles but I've got not resistance,
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Long distance, long distance, long distance, long distance
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Now the Road Hog's face is turning red
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Larry's still asleep in bed
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Romeo he can't get no head at all
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And the Doctor looks on so annoyed
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You disappoint me, Mr. Boyd
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And the Electric Dwarf wishes he was six foot tall
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Now Romeo's patience is wearing thin
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C'mon baby, let me in
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It's five a.m. and I've been creeping 'round the hall
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Got no resistance calling long distance
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You sound so close but your such a long way from home
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Am I talking to long distance, can you put me through?
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Twelve thousand miles but I've got not resistance,
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Long distance, long distance, long distance, long distance
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Still no points for my merrymen,
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Except Ricard, he just scored ten
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Now Road Hog's getting drunk again
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And I only get to hold my pen
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Instead of what I love to hold the most.
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I feel so lonesome I could cry
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Count the hours as they roll by
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It's day time now
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I think I'll make a call
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Hello long distance, calling long distance
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You sound so close but you're such a long way from home
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You're such a long way from home
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Have to admit I got no resistance to the red light on the wall
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The message said I got a call,
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Long distance, long distance, long distance, long distance
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Long Distance
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| The Kinks |
