Key: A major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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My wife used to say
she couldn't understand
Why I make my living working
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with my hands
She met a junk bond daddy and
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he broke up my home
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He made his living on the
telephone
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Verse 2
Daddy spied my darling and
he dialed her number then
They took off next morning and
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she won't he back again
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I might not be good looking and
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I never been to school
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But I patched up my broken
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home using simple tools
Verse 3
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Simple tools, simple tools,
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I like simple tools
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I'm just a common ordinary workaday fool
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I might not be the brightest
bulb or the straightest route
But I can mend my broken
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heart using simple tools
And I can talk to girls in bars,
well maybe a few
We'd drink a little glass
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of wine or maybe two
I might wake up in gay Paree or
good old San Berdoo
The gals appreciate a man that
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uses simple tools
Verse 4
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I won't be walking 'round all night,
wonderin' what to do
I won't be calling up the morgue
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askin' for you
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Or beating down these memories
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with one of your old shoes
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I can do the job in half the time
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us ing simple tools
Verse 5
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I'm just a common ordinary workaday fool
I might not be the brightest bulb
or the straightest rule,
But I can do the job in half the time
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Using simple tools, simple tools
Outro 1
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