Your mother's only daughter chords by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

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Verse 1
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I've been throwing coins
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in every fountain
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Wishing on every star that shines at night
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It could be I've been counting too
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much on stars and fountains
That only twinkle and
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sprinkle me with water
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But it didn't help me get your mother's
Holy
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Dora
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Said it didn't help me
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get your mother's
Holy
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Dora
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I spent my last ten dollars
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on some perfume
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And a card that said the things
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I couldn't say
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The store man guaranteed that
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this was what I'd need
But it turns out that it wasn't
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worth the quarrel
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Cause it didn't help me get
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your mother's only daughter
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Ooh, sad it didn't help me get your
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mother's only daughter
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The only girl your mama's got
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And anyone can see that
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she loved you a lot
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But so do I
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And I'm a man
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And you're the only girl
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That fits into my plan
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Of a love I'd make for two
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If a man was good for mama
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A man is good for you
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A man is good for you
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A man is good for you
Ooh
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So many things I've tried
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To get you by my side
Yeah, nothing seems to be
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working like order
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Cause it didn't help me get your
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mother's only daughter
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Said it didn't help me get your
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mother's only daughter
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Ooh, it didn't help me get
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your mother's only
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Ooh, said it didn't help me get your
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mother's only daughter
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Hey, then help me get your
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mother's holy daughter
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Ooh, ooh, then help me get
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your mother's holy daughter