Adelaide's Lament chords by Vivian Blaine
Verse 1
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Ka -choo!
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It says here in this book,
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the average unmarried female,
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basically insecure,
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due to some long frustration,
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may react with psycho
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somatic symptoms,
difficult to endure,
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E
Affecting the upper respirat
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ory tract.
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In other words, just from waiting around
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for that plain little band of gold,
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a person can develop a cold.
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You can spray her
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wherever you fig ure the
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streptococci like.
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You can give her a shot
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for whatever she's got,
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But it just won't work
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if she's tired of getting that fish eye
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from the hotel clique.
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A person can develop a cold.
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It says here the female remaining single,
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just in the legal sense,
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shows a neurotic tendency.
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See, see note, see note, note.
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Chronic organic syndromes,
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toxic or hypertense,
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involving the eye, the ear, the nose,
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and throat.
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In other words,
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just from wondering
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whether the wedding is on a roof,
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a patient can develop a cough.
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You can feed her all day
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with the vitamin A and the bromo -fizz
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But the medicine never gets
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anywhere
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near where the trouble is
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If she's getting a kind of
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a name for herself
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and the name ain't his
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A patient can develop a cough
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And furthermore,
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just from stalling and stalling
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and stalling the wedding trip
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A person can develop la grippe
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when they get on the train for Niagara
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and she can hear church bells chime,
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the compartment is air -conditioned
and the mood sublime,
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then they get off at Saratoga
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Edim
for the fourteenth time.
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A person can develop la grippe, la grippe,
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la post -nasal drip
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with the wheezes and the sneezes
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and a sinus that's really a pip
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from a lack of community property
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and a feeling she's getting too old.
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A person can develop a bad,
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bad cold.
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Adelaide's Lament
Vivian Blaine
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