Rip Van Ruben
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You've been asleep for a hundred seconds
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Now the whole world has changed
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There's no home on the range
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For Rip Van Ruben
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You've been asleep for a hundred minutes
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Now you've woke and she's gone
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All alone in a dark new dawn
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Sits Rip Van Ruben
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Don't let it get you down
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Hop on a tram and go up town
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Watch a silent film
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See the biplanes fly bye bye
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Everything new and upside down
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Pinching yourself through your dressing gown
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Won't bring her back
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But your bruise is real and black
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Jump into bed and dream her back where she was
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Dream you're Frank L. Richards and this is the great Land of Oz
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When your alarm clock goes off
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You will find that she has too!
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Rip Van Ruben
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You've been asleep for a hundred seconds
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Now your whole world's turned round
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And the house makes an empty sound for
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Rip Van Ruben
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Don't let it freak you out
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You'll find another girl no doubt
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And someday soon
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Maybe man will reach the moon
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Jump into bed and dream her back where she belongs
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Dream you're Fu Manchu and she's a slave to your tongs
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When all the past evaporates
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You will find that she has too
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Rip Van Ruben
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You've been asleep for a hundred seconds
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Now you've woke and she's gone
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Instant desserts just for one
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Rip Van Ruben
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Rip Van Ruben
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