I see you laughin'
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Right in my face
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I guess I'm gonna have to
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Put you in your place
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Because if silence was golden
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You couldn't raise a dime
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Because your mind is on vacation
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And your mouth is working overtime
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You're quoting figures
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And dropping names
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You're tellin' stories
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About the dames
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You're over-laughin'
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When things ain't funny
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You're tryin' to sound
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Like you're the big money, honey
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If talk was criminal
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You'd lead a life of crime
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Because your mind is on vacation
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And your mouth is working overtime
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Life is short, talk is cheap
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Don't go makin' promises that you can't keep
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If you don't like this little song I'm singin'
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Just grin and bear it
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All I can say is if the rich shoe fits, wear it
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If you must keep talkin', please try to make it rhyme
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Because your mind is on vacation
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And your mouth is working overtime
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Well, I recall when we first met
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It was on a Friday night
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We spent two lovely hours together
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And the world seemed all right
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I'm beggin' you, baby, please stop that off-the-wall jive
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'Cause if you don't treat me no better
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It's gonna be your funeral and my trial
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Well, the Lord made the world and everything that's in it
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The way my baby loves me, it's a sign that it's it [?]
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She can love to heal the sick, she can love to raise the dead
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You might think that I'm jokin', you better believe what I said
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I'm beggin' you, babe, please stop that off-the-wall jive
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Oh, if you don't treat me no better
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It's gonna be your funeral and my trial
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I see you laughin'
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Right in my face
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I guess I'm gonna have to put you in your place
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'Cause if talk was criminal
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You'd lead a life of crime
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Because your mind is on vacation
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And your mouth is working overtime
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Your Mind Is On Vacation
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| Elvis Costello |
