Key: F major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
to complain
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That I never had a girl to love.
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Many a fine girl I tried hard to know,
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But I think I never tried enough.
Verse 2
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Sitting one day by myself,
And I'm thinking,
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"What could be wrong?"
comes running up to me,
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me this song.
Verse 3
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she sang.
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I can tell by the sadness in your eyes,
That you never quite learned
Interlude 1
the song.
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Verse 4
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And the evening is so very still,
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Many a fine girl I've held in my arms,
And I hope there's many
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more that I will,
But just when everything is going fine,
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And absolutely nothing is wrong,
This funny little Hedgehog's
always around
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to sing me this song.
Verse 5
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and you sung all the notes,
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she sang.
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I can tell by the sadness in your eyes,
Interlude 2
the song.
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Verse 6
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I might settle down,
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Found myself a pretty little girl,
And I stopped all my running
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around;
But just when the preacher come along,
And he's just gonna pop on the ring,
This funny little Hedgehog comes
Running down the aisle,
And I don't have to tell
Verse 7
all the words,
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and you sung all the notes,
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But you never quite learned the song,
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she sang.
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I can tell by the sadness
That you never quite learned
Interlude 3
the song.
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I'm not the kind
Verse 8
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to complain
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That I never had a girl to love;
Verse 9
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But I think I never tried enough.
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But now I'll be looking all my days,
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There's this funny little
Hedgehog
Who's always around,
And the only words he ever sings
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to me are these.
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Oh, you know all the words and
you sung all the notes,
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she sang.
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I can tell by the sadness in your eyes,
Outro 1
That you never quite learned the song.
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