I was young, I was just sixteen then,
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when you came up from Burma one day.
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And you told me to pack up my suitcase,
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and I did, and you took me away.
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I said, "Do you work nice and steady,
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or do you go sailing and roving out to sea?"
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And you said, "I have a job on the railroad,
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and baby, how swell it's all gonna be."
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You said a lot, Johnny. It was all lies.
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You sure had me fooled, right from the start.
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I hate you when you laugh at me like that.
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Take that pipe out of your mouth, Johnny.
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Surabaya Johnny. Is it really the end?
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Surabaya Johnny. Will the hurt ever mend?
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Surabaya Johnny. Ooh, I burn at your touch.
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You got no heart, Johnny, but oh, I love you so much.
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Oh, at first you were kind and gentle,
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'til I packed up and went off with you.
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And it lasted two weeks until one day
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you laughed at me and hit me too.
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You dragged me all over the city,
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up the river and down to the sea.
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Now I look at myself in the mirror
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and some old woman looks back at me.
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You didn't want love, Johnny, you wanted money.
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I gave you all I had. You wanted more.
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Oh, don't look at me that way.
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I'm only trying to talk to you.
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Wipe that grin off your face, Johnny.
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Surabaya Johnny. Is it really the end?
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Surabaya Johnny. Will the pain never mend?
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Surabaya Johnny. How I burn at your touch.
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You got no heart, Johnny, but oh, I love you so much.
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When we met I forgot to ask you
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why they called you that funny name,
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but in every hotel on the seacoast
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I found out, and I loved you all the same.
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I'm tired. I'm worn out.
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The sea's pounding in my ears.
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And I reach out my arms to hold you.
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You're not here and who even cares?
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You got no heart, Johnny. You're just no good.
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You going now? Oh, tell me why.
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I love you after all, Johnny, like that very first day.
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Don't laugh at me no more, Johnny.
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Surabaya Johnny. Is it really the end?
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Surabaya Johnny. Will the hurt ever mend?
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Surabaya Johnny. Oh, I burn at your touch.
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You got no heart, Johnny, but oh, I love you,
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I love you, I love you so much.
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Surabaya Johnny
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| Bette Midler |
