(Ian Hunter)
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(Transcribed by Adrian Perkins; minor correction by Colin Ford)
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How ya doin' - all right?
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I-I-I spy with my little eye
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Something beginning with you
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Drool drool drool nearly fell off me stool
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I hope you fancy me too
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Now I don't wanna set the world on fire
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Any old iron, any old iron will do (all right)
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Smirk smirk smirk the G 'n T's work
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She can knock 'em back like a fish
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Smarm smarm smarm I turned up me charm
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I think I'm on a promise (he thinks he's on a promise)
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Some say yes 'n some say no
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And my old man says 'Mind how you go'
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A little bit o' this, a little bit o' that
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If you can't take a joke well sod ya
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(Oh) I'm a dysfunctional chap
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'n they call me the Artful Dodger
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Chat chat chat it's back to the flat
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I strum me little Spanish guitar
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Gloat gloat gloat she said 'n I'll quote
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'You can take down my particulars' (take down her particulars)
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It's a funny old life if you weaken, innit?
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You gonna have a laugh, yeah you've gotta give it
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A little bit o' this, a little bit o' that
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Look out for PC Plodger
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If a job's worth doin' it's worth doin' well
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'n they call me the Artful Dodger
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(Get on yer bike!)
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I said yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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If you can't take a joke well sod ya
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(Oh) I'm a bit of a lad
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'n they call me the Artful Dodger
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(Now) a little bit o' this, a little bit o' that
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Hoist up the Jolly Roger
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That's the way to do it!
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Call me the Artful Dodger
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'n I'm doin' all right
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Yes I'm doin' all right, yes I'm doin' all right
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Yes I'm doing very well, thank you
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How ya doin' all right (We're doin' all right)
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How ya doin' all right (We're doin' all right)
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How ya doin' all right (Yeah we're doin' all right)
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How ya doin' all right (We're doin' all right)
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They call me the Artful Dodger
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They call me the Artful Dodger
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They call me the Artful Dodger
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... (repeat and fade)
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The Artful Dodger
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Ian Hunter |