Key: Eb major
Verse 1
we have seen and witnessed
rapid technological advances,
unbelievable phenomena,
and great scientific stride.
amazing developments
of miracle vaccines,
wonder drugs,
and new chemical compounds,
all of which the world of
We have prided ourselves
with such great discoveries
as recess filters,
prevent filter feedback,
toothpaste for those who can't brush after meals,
soaps which leave no unsightly
bath
We have seen the race
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between big nations com peting to make greater discoveries,
more advanced data,
methods and devices
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heralding the geophysical year.
And while the Russian
scientists
were feverishly working on
their Sputniks
and sending rockets
our scientists were concentrating
their efforts
on the most unbelievable and
magnificent discovery
which will be a blessing to all men,
maybe not that advantageous to women,
designed to erase the cause of that
which has plagued
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Our scientists are devel
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oping a substitute for love
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You just go out and buy yourself a pill
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So if guys go with gals,
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it's just because they're pals
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The pill will do the trick without a bill
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No more will couples end up in parked cars
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For you can carry the goods
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along in a jar
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about marital friction
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You don't even have to go to court
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You can come and go just
as you please
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They're developing a
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substitute for love
Goodbye to cheesecake photos
French postcards will be nil
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Sending home a picture of a pill
just be
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They're developing a substitute for love
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You just go out and buy yourself a pill
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They're going to make some pills
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With tranquilizers to fight
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If taken early, we'll give you peace of mind
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I'm sure you'll find
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They'll also be manufactur
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ing a liquid kind
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for to have any effect at all,
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it's got to be mixed in bottles,
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Now alcoholics and anonymous
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will really have a ball,
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they're developing the substitute
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for love
Goodbye tea drive and theaters,
about getting caught,
out with another guy's pill
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Why, the English folk
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will find it rather unemotionally
Why, they'll even be able to enjoy it
in their afternoon tea
How about that?
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They're developing a
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substitute for love
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The in gredients will come
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in many forms
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you'll be able to buy
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A ci garette that'll really satisfy
Or, male and female,
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a separate pill you'll find
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I hope there'll be a third pill
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But taking all things
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We'd like to sum it up,
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All people gave the pill a try
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and resist all other temptation
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They'd prefer the natural situation
Cha -cha -cha!
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