Giving you more of what for
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Always worked for me before
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Now I'm a shabby doll
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What's going on behind the green elevator door
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With just a shabby doll
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There's a hit man facing
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A compromising situation
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With just a shabby doll
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And a very neat line in character assassination
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She's just a shabby doll
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She's just a shabby doll
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She's putting him off and putting you on
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She's just the shabby doll
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You're swearing upon you know in your heart
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She's gone you know in your heart
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She's just a shabby doll
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There's a girl in this dress
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There's always a girl in distress
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She's just a shabby doll
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She's so sure she's self-possessed
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Then again she's half undressed
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She's just a shabby doll
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The boy that I used to be
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Showed no sign of sympathy
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For just a shabby doll
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I have betrayed you and me
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And paid for my own bribery
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With just a shabby doll
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[Chorus]
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He's the tired toy that everyone enjoyed
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He wants to be a fancy man but he's nothing but a nancy boy
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He's all pride and no joy
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And being what you might call a whore
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Always worked for me before
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Now I'm a shabby doll
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Untie the gag the cat's out of the bag
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But won't show his claws
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He's just a shabby doll
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She said you must be joking
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Some things are left unspoken
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You're just a shabby doll
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He's lying limp and soaking
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He was openly broken
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By just a shabby doll
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[Chorus]
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Shabby Doll
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| Elvis Costello |
