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Folks are dumb
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where I come from,
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they ain't had any learning.
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Still they're happy as can be,
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doing what comes naturally.
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Doing what comes naturally.
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Folks like us could never fuss
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with schools and books and learning.
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Still we've gone from A to Z,
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doing what comes naturally.
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Doing what comes naturally.
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You don't have to know how to
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read or write
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when you're out with a fella
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in the pale moonlight.
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You don't have to look in a book
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to find what he thinks of the moon
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or what is on his mind.
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That comes naturally.
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That comes naturally.
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My uncle out in Texas
can't even write his name.
He signs his checks with X's,
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but they cash him just the same.
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If you saw my pa and ma,
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you'd know they had no learning.
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Still they raised a family,
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doing what comes naturally.
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Doing what comes naturally.
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Uncle Jed has never read a
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almanac on drinking.
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Still he's always on a spree,
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doing what comes naturally.
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Doing what comes naturally.
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Sister Sal, whose mu sicale
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has never had a lesson,
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still she's learned to sing off -key.
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Doin' a what comes naturally.
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Doin' a what comes naturally.
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You don't have to go to a private school
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not to pick up a penny
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near a stubborn mule.
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You don't have to have
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a professor's dome
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not to go for the honey
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when the bee's at home.
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That comes naturally.
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That comes naturally.
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My tiny baby brother,
who's never read a book,
knows one sex from the other,
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all he had to do was look.
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Grandpa Bill lives on the hill
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with someone he just married.
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There he is at 93,
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doing what comes naturally.
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Doing what comes naturally.
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Sister Lou ain't got a sue,
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although she goes out shopping.
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She gets all her stockings free,
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doing what comes naturally.
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Doing what comes naturally.
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Cousin Nell can't add or spell,
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but she left school with honors.
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She got every known degree
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for doing what comes naturally.
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Do ing what comes naturally.
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You don't have to come
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from a great big town
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Not to clean out a stable
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in an evening gown
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You don't have to mix
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with the Vanderbilts
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Not to take off your panties
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when you're wearing kilts
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That comes naturally
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That comes naturally
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My mother's cousin Carrie
Won't ever change her name
She doesn't want to marry
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And her children feel the same
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Sister Rose has lots of foes,
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although we have no parlor.
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She does fine behind a tree,
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doing what comes naturally,
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Doing what comes naturally.
Doin' What Comes Naturally
Berlin, Irving
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