Key: A major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Now and then I get horny
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At night you do
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Smile ? from side to side
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At night you do
Verse 2
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tain
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With six white horses by her side
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No stops for gas, food or lodging
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She's wearing nothing
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but a smile
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And though we struggle our freedom
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Our need for others still remains
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us happy
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We know what will ease our pain
Interlude 1
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Verse 3
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We'll pretend we are married
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At night we do
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Slide ? your hand in mine
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At night we do
Verse 4
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My bed is flyin' out the window
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I'm pullin' up my covers to
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the rain
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howlin'
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It's a family affair
Verse 5
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They're selling vegetables
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on Broadway
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A man is runnin' for the train
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Strollin' down 42nd Street
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On our Independence Day
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Street
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It's our Independence Day!
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Arm in arm on
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82nd Street
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On our Independence Day
Verse 6
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Hey Mister, Hey Lady
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Hey sisters walkin' hand in hand
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We'll be lovers in the open
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We'll be lovers on Independence Day
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Hand in hand, hand in hand
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Hand in hand on Independence Day
Interlude 2
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Verse 7
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This compass points in two directions
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And North and South are
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both the same
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We'll look forward to the
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good times
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Come our Independence Day
Verse 8
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Hey Lady! You make me giggle
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We'll squiggle like honeymooners do
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I'm struck by lightnin', it's frightnin'
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So excitin', on Independence Day
Verse 9
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Uncle Vera, Auntie Ida
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Get so excited on Independence Day
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Waiting such a long time
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Waiting such a long time
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such a long time,
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Till Independence Day
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such a long time,
such a long time,
Such a long time
till Independence Day.
Waiting such a long time
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