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GIRLFRIEND
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Alone in my cave
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It's corn flakes and Camels
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And the long restless shadows of my life
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None but the brave
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Jim Beam and Jack Daniels
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Channelhopping these empty days and nights
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Glued to the screen
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Rerun by rerun
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At the dark outer limits of my soul
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Stranded between
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The Green Acres of my good intentions
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And the Twilight Zone of zero self-control
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So come on angel
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Tune in on me
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You 'll see your faithful servant
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Lost in misery
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And all of your hard work
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Coming down to no good
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Better see about me babe
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If you only could now
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Girlfriend if it can't be you
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I don't even have anyone to tell my story to
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I said girlfriend if it can't be you
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Girlfriend if it can't be you
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I don't even have anyone to tell my story to
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I said girlfriend if it can't be you
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Dust and despair
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Cobwebs and confusion
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Collecting in the corners of my room
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All of my dreams
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Bitter illusions
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I just can't be rid of them too soon
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Tired of my brain
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Tired of this movie
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Too tired to get up and shut it off
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The time that remains
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What good can it do me
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Now that I know that too much is not enough
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Wait a minute baby
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What about my heart
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Was it your idea
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To take it all apart
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And put it all back together
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Just one piece at a time
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Now it's down to you darling
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That's why I'm all
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Girlfriend if it can't be you
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I don't even have anyone to tell my story to
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I said girlfriend if it can't be you
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Girlfriend if it can't be you
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I don't even have anyone to tell my story to
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I said girlfriend if it can't be you
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I'm pullin' in a picture now
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Up off my back pages
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And all at once am privy to
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The entire grim design
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Of a great civilization
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In the terminal stages
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Of a slow but steady mental moral spiritual decline
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And so it goes
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And thus it is written
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And all I want to know is
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Where does a guy like me fit in?
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So I'm visualizing a cute little bunny
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With a fluffy white tail and long grey floppy ears
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Who looks up at me and says, Doc don't you worry
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All you got to do is, hide in here
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Now all you got to do is to just say when
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You might consider bringing your sweetness 'round here again
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Girlfriend if it can't be you
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I don't even have anyone to tell my story to
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I said girlfriend if it can't be you
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Girlfriend if it can't be you
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I don't even have anyone to tell my story to
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I said girlfriend if it can't be you
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GIRLFRIEND
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| Steely Dan |
