Key: C minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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She had such tiny
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tears
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Just like a Barbie doll
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She likes to shop at Sears
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And visit shopping malls
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Now she's a big mamma
Tell poppa
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Cry, cry, cry, cry
Verse 2
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Old Money
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Old money doesn't
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matter now
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Have mercy
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Mercy, mercy,
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daddy's going fishing now
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He put the bait onto his line
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An d he's winding out
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his reel
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Fish are swimming in the pond
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Let 'em sail away
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Verse 3
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He's got his eye on you
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He knows just what she wants
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The fish is gonna bite
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She is his latest catch
'Cause he's a Big Daddy
Oh, mammy
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Verse 4
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Daddy
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Oh, daddy's scrap
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ing bottom now
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Oh, momma
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Daddy, daddy, daddy does the talking now
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Mesmerized like horny toads
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By shiny things like jewels and gold
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Throwing all their pearls to swine
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Let 'em sail away
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Verse 5
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You lucky dog
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You'll be on Easy Street
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Drinking champagne
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She gets all that she wants
His heart's desire
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No more worries anymore
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Like a fairy tale
Interlude 1
Anything that she likes
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I seen you do the
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dog
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I seen you getting down
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A swimming back and forth
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When daddy's not around
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Verse 7
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Big Daddy
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Oh, she's pretty as a
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picture now
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Oh, momma
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Oh, what a little martyr now
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He knows how to drive 'em wild
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What do you'd think she'd see
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Say ing "This is mine
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and this is her s.
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Now take that stuff away"
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Verse 8
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Best left unspoken
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One and one is two
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The velvet lies sing softly
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Each with a golden spoon
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An d she passed her time
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in the wind and the rain
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Got a one way ticket on
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a Southbound train
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Said baby, baby,
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wants to have a good time
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And Big Daddy laughed
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And Big Daddy smiled
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Like dynam
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One fine day she'll explode
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Who's laughing now?
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No one sees anymore
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Sneak in and out
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Don't get caught
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running 'round
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Swim back and forth
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Bubbles float to the top
Outro 1
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