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John Cale
John Cale

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Key: G major
Verse 1
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Elsewhere in the temple
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the llamas are gearing up
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To assault a tiger mountain when
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the sun comes up
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Verse 2
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We sat around whispering
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in the candle light
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Missing a game plan for the night
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Learning about the difference
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between north and south
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Keep a gun in your pocket and your
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tongue in your mouth
Verse 3
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You'd be doing it (doing the thing)
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Doing it (doing the thing)
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Doing it (doing the thing)
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The thing you'd do in Denver
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when you're dead
Verse 4
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A month is a Saturday,
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Wednesday is a week
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I saw the way you looked at her
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Charlie Brown good grief
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She pulled you into the shadows
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and taught you how to love
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Patted you on the head
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and gave you a shove
Verse 5
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And you were doing it
(doing the thing)
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Doing it (doing the thing)
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Doing it (doing the thing)
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The thing you do in Denver when you're dead
Interlude 1
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Verse 6
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The sexual exuberance of a concubine
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checks my carburetor one more time
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With the passion of a thorough-bread
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and and the sensitivity of a moose
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I rarely make a move unless
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I've got some proof
Verse 7
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That I'll be do ing
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it (doing the thing)
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Doing it (doing the thing)
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The thing you do in Denver
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when you're dead
Verse 8
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You live in Paris, I live in France
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Things are expensive when
you live first class
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I learnt Latin, you learnt Greek
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When you've got a minute
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let's meet in Crete
Verse 9
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We'll be doing it (doing the thing)
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Doing it (doing the thing)
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Doing it (doing the thing)
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The thing you do in Den
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ver when you're dead
Verse 10
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Doing it in Denver when you're
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dead
Outro 1
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