Well, I'll tell you a story
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'Bout a girl who came my way
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We upped and married
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Three kids a dog in Sante Fe
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Now she's gone, I'm by myself
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I'm gonna join
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A sentimental institution
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I'm gonna pack
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Pack all my little blues away
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But I didn't stay left on the shelf
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Mrs. Johnson from Wisconsin
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She's a widow, plain to see
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And Minnesota from Dakota
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Likes the way I make her tea
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Sweet as candy
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I'm gonna join
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A sentimental institution
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No one to stop me
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From playing Benny Goodman all day
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So if you want romance
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Just step my way
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The band starts to play
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I can thrill her with Glenn Miller
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Or a song from Louis Armstrong
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With Jim Dorsey or Arty Shaw
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Know this magic can't go wrong
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Old and lovely, she's so wealthy
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But so ugly, I've gone crazy
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Someone help me, do
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Sentimental Institution
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| Steve Hackett |
