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When I was nine
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Michael and I
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Entered a talent show down at the y
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9 am, went to rehearse by some stairs
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Mike couldn't sing
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But I said: no one cares
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We sang yellow bird and let's go fly a kite
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Over and over and over
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Till we got it right
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When we emerged from the ymca
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Three o'clock sun had made the grass hay
I thought
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Hey, what a way to spend a day
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Hey, what a way to spend a day
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I make a vow
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Right here and now
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I'm gonna spend my time this way
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When I was sixteen
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Michael and I
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Got parts in wеst side at white plains high
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Three o'clock, went to rеhearse in the gym
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Mike played doc , who did not sing
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Fine with him
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We sang got a rocket in your pocket
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And the jets are gonna have their day, tonight
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Over and over and over
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Till we got it right
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When we emerged, wiped out by that play
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Nine o'clock, stars and moon lit the way
I thought
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Hey, what a way to spend a day
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Hey, what a way to spend a day
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I made a vow
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I wonder now
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Am I cut out to spend my time this way?
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I'm twenty-nine
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Michael and I
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Live on the west side of soho, nu
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9 AM, I write a lyric or two
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Mike sings his song now on mad avenue
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I sing come to your senses
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Defenses are not the way to go
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Over and over and over
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And over, and over, and over, and over
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Till I get it right
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When I emerge from b minor or a
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Five o'clock, diner calls: I'm on my way
I think
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Hey, what a way to spend a day
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Hey, what a way to spend a day
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I make a vow
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Right here and now
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I'm gonna spend my time this way
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I'm gonna spend my time this way...
