In the later forties
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When Diddy Levine lived with Eunice King
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He gave her the ring that she wore
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Janice the smiling daughter
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Who came from a marriage way before
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But Eunice was the father that she always saw
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Though they never never never never told her
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She always knew the score
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You see kids were so much wiser after the wars
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But Diddy hadn't have enough
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She had to get some more
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On a ration piece of paper, she wrote "Eunice, I'm not sure"
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And with her child in her arms
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She went looking for a fling
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Besides, she didn't like the name Mrs. King
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The first time that she heard Damper Dan
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Was on the radio
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Crooning at a volume that was way, way down low
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Diddy was surprised to hear that Damper's name was Dan
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Soon after he was a calling
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And he asked, begged and pleaded for her hand
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Damper's heart was dampened
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When Diddy answered "no, no, no, no, no"
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But if she changed her mind, she said "Dan, I'll let you know"
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With her child in her arms
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She went looking for man
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Besides, she didn't like the name Damper Dan
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Janice the smiling daughter grew up to be a teenage queen
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Through all of her mother's lovers
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She kept the name Levine
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Behind the picture house she first made her scene
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With a boy called Allister
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Who was dating a friend called Celine
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And Celine wasn't mad when Janice came in between
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But Allister got scared when he heard
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And he joined the USA Marines
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Inheritance, you see, runs through every family
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Who is to say what is to be is any better
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Over and over it goes, goodness and badness winds blow
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Over and over, over and over
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Over and over and over and over and over and over and over
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The good and the bad winds blow
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Diddy Levine
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Thin Lizzy |