(Leo Sayer/Ray Parker, Jr.)
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On every corner of every avenue
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The word's been passed all around
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You'd better watch out, lock up your daughters
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'Cos that bad Frankie Lee is back in town
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All the ladies fall for Frankie
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Saying, "Frankie Lee, how can it be
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Of all the men here, you're the only one
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Who's got the key, to set us free
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Oh, Frankie Lee"
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Now there's a woman, in this neighbourhood
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Who's loving Frankie in her mind
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But in fear of being' discovered
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She keeps her secret locked up inside
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Just then a stone's thrown up at the window
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And she looks below, what does she see
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There's a man there, standing 'neath the streetlight
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It looks to be
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Like Frankie Lee
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You'd best believe
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Well, old Frankie Lee steals through the back door
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While her old man is leavin' by the hall
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But before she hears his footsteps
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Frankie's standing at the bedroom door
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So she holds him, then she begs him
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Oh Frankie Lee, don'tcha ever leave
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And he tells her, she's the only one
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He's got the key
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That Frankie Lee
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To set her free
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[Solo]
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Then as the moon fades, into the night sky
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Frankie leaves while she's asleep
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Then he's up and out on the street again
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He's got the key that'll set you free
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That Frankie Lee
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[Solo]
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Every kid in this ol' gang-town
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Yeah, they'd want to be like Frankie Lee
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Pease the ladies, like a vagabond
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He's got the key
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That Frankie Lee
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To set them free
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Yeah, every kid in this ol' gang-town
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Yeah, they'd want to be like Frankie Lee
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Casanova and Valentino
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They'd like to be good as Frankie Lee
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Every kid in this ol' gang-town
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They'd like to be like Frankie Lee
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Please the ladies, live like a vagabond
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He's got the key
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To set you free
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That Frankie Lee
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Frankie Lee
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Leo Sayer |