Graham Parker – Silly Thing Lyrics

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You want me be someone better
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I just wanna monkey 'round yeah
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You want me to write you a letter
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But the words just won't come the right way
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My pen won't listen to a thing that I say

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Silly thing hey hey silly thing hey hey
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Well it don't mean a thing if you ain't got that swing
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Silly thing hey hey yeah hey hey.

Maybe you're getting sloppy
Under the midday sun oh yeah.
You come on like a carbon copy
But I just wanna hang to the way you live.
Don't you want the love I got to give

Silly thing hey hey silly thing hey hey
Well it don't mean a thing if you ain't got that swing
Silly thing hey hey yeah hey hey.

Sax solo

A E A E
Well I just wanna hang to the way you live.
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Don't you want the love I got to give

Silly thing hey hey silly thing hey hey
Well it don't mean a thing if you ain't got that swing
Silly thing hey hey yeah hey hey.
I said you don't-a mean a thing if you ain't got that swing
Silly thing hey hey repeat and fade