(Heaton/Rotheray)
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Eyes to take you dancing
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mouth to leave your wife
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Legs to run away with
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and you wonder why?
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Heart that makes you bypass
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every other girl
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Smile that keeps you grinning
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at the madness of this world
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But like the blackbird on the wire
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I will not take the prey on you
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You wouldn't want me to
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For I am too soft for such a thing
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And like the blackbird on the wire
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I just watch you by
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The tears I knew I'd cry
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Fall unnoticed down below
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Front to make you happy
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back to make you weep
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Lips to keep you kissing
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whilst everyone's asleep
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Tears to break a backbone
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laughs to win a war
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And people come and ask me
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what I love you for
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But like the blackbird on the wire
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I will not take the prey on you
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You wouldn't want me to
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For I am too soft for such a thing
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And like the blackbird on the wire
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I just watch you by
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The tears I knew I'd cry
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Fall unnoticed down below
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And with a tongue built from quicksilver
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and a character of steel
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They actually come and ask me
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How I feel
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But like the blackbird on the wire
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I will not take the prey on you
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You wouldn't want me to
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For I am too soft for such a thing
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And like the blackbird on the wire
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I just watch you by
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The tears I knew I'd cry
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Fall unnoticed down below
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Blackbird On The Wire
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| The Beautiful South |
