Closest to the bone
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Sweeter is the meat
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Last slice of Virginia ham
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Is the best that you can eat
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Don't talk about my baby
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She's slender but she's sweet
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Closest to the bone
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And sweeter is the meat
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Now she'd make a good thermometer
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If she drank a glass of wine
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She's built just like a garter snake
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She climbs up like a vine
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My friends tell me I'm a fool
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To love a girl like that
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Here's the reason I like 'em slim
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Instead of big and fat
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'Cause closest to the bone
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Sweeter is the meat
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Last slice of Virginia ham
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Is the best that you can eat
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Now don't talk about my baby
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She's slender but she's sweet
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Umm, closest to the bone
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And sweeter is the meat
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Let's go
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Yeah, let's go, yeah, boy
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Attaboy
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One more, one more
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One more, one more
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Yeah, boy
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In the moonlight.....
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Yeah, closest to the bone, yeah
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Ahh, look out now
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Now she'd make a first class fountain pen
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If she only knew how to write
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Her figure's like a piece of string
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Umm, she rolls up every night
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Everybody thinks that I'm a nut
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To love this lovely worm
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Boy there's one reason I like 'em slim
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Instead of round and firm
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'Cause closest to the bone
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Sweeter is the meat
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Last slice of Virginia ham
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Is the best that you can eat
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Now don'cha talk about my baby
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She's slender but she's sweet, umm
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Closest to the bone
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Umm, sweet, I got another one now,
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Listen here
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Umm, she'd make a fine piccolo
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If she only stayed on key
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Boy she's shaped like a rubber band
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And she loves to snap at me
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Everybody thinks I'm insane
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To overlook her faults
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But here's the reason I like 'em skinny
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Instead of full of schmaltz
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'Cause closest to the bone
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Sweeter is the meat
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Last slice of Virginia ham
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Is the best that you can eat
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Don't talk about my baby
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She's slender but she's sweet
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And it's closest to the bone
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And sweeter is the meat
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Closer To The Bone
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| The Highwaymen |
