Key: A major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
I'll write you up well
Don't tell me twice
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Peel off your skin like a thin veneer
If something tells you something that I
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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Hetty O'Hara Con
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fidential
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Em
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Verse 3
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Those were different days
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Those were different drugs
The gold- plate palace
with the half- mast flags
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A chalk lined body that
was full of slugs
She was trading favors for
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footnote plugs
Who's got the needle?
Verse 4
Em
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And who had her first?
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Reading her column was essential
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Hetty O'Hara Con
fidential
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Em
Verse 5
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She could kill a man with a single stroke
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She is not the one you want
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to provoke
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Or you can't take a joke
Verse 6
Who's got the potential?
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Hetty O'Hara Confidential
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Verse 7
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Em
If there was a gentleman caller
And a snooping peeper
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In a coat of trench
At the foot of the page
A cue or a clue
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To the latest rage
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With your true dimensions
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Em
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And your actual age
Trade a life of scandal
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For a career on the stage
Verse 8
things seem
inconsequential
Interlude 2
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Verse 9
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Em
On the night he came home
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Em
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From the debutante ball
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Passed out drunk on the bathroom floor
Call- girl called after taking a peek
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At the secret drawer of
I whispered about
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But they can't dish it out
Verse 10
up his act?
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Em
remember to thank me
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But now the rumor is doing the rounds
Em
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Are villains and scoundrels
She named the wrong man
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in the story she broke
Verse 11
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She had an unfortunate character trait
But the damage you did
was quite substantial
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Em
Verse 12
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They've got witch trials now
With witches to spare
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judgement and fury
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With bright neon dresses and porn
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Em
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Em
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star hair
And the dogs and the foxes
Once they'd had their fill
of shares and stocks
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Their gaze is unforgiving
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If your morals are lax
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Pointing manicured finger
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s and making a mockery
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broken crockery
"I'm powerless and I feel alone"
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Em
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Now everyone has a megaphone
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Em
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Verse 13
Who's got the potential?
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Hetty O'Hara Confidential
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