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Summer Smile
04:38
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I think I'll go on down to the river shore,
Pass the rose bushes, lilacs, and get some sun,
And maybe I'll think of you and smile some more,
Maybe I'll sing a song at the top of my lungs,
I watch the cottonwood blowing off the trees,
I watch it floating by so aimlessly,
And I hit the corner, and I feel the breeze,
I feel something so good coming over me,
I've never felt love like this before,
I hope you'll stick around for a while,
And we could shoot the breeze by the river shore,
I hope you'll stick around, stick around
Cause I can see myself getting real used to this,
I can see myself going crazy and wild,
It's like the mid-day sun burnt off the morning mist,
With the smell of lilacs and your gentle summer smile.
I've never felt love like this before,
I hope you'll stick around for a while,
And we could shoot the breeze by the river shore,
I hope you'll stick around, stick around
Cause I can see myself getting real used to this,
I can see myself going crazy and wild,
It's like the mid-day sun burnt off the morning mist,
With the smell of lilacs and your gentle summer smile.
Yeah, I can see myself getting real used to this,
I can see myself going crazy and wild,
It's like the mid-day sun burnt off the morning mist,
With the smell of lilacs and your gentle summer smile.
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Queen Bee
03:48
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Do you remember what we did that night,
Yeah just you and I,
With the radio playing soft and low,
Went to that party they were buzzing around,
With the jealous jive, yeah the gossip queens,
I was half alive
You were sitting on the sofa alone,
In your "Sedgwick" dress, we were rock and roll,
It was such a mess,
I watched those women get their stingers in you,
With their head games, try to shut you out,
Tried you to make you blue,
Those little girls start messing with you,
I'm your pillow babe, I'm your parachute,
And if they say the know me better than you,
Tell the queen bee I don't fool around,
It ain't nothing girl, I won't let you down
And then that time we had that rockstar show,
We were groovin' tight, yeah we blew up,
It was out of sight,
Went backstage into my changing room,
Some ambassador tries to push her luck,
Knocks upon my door,
She said her friend could love me better than you,
I just laughed at her, what a thing to do,
I told that bird just like I'm telling you,
Tell the queen bee I don't fool around,
It ain't nothing girl, I won't let you down
I won't let you down, no
And if they ask me am I feeling alone,
Got a genuine lioness at home,
And if they thought that I's just part of the hive,
Tell the queen bee, I don't fool around,
It ain't nothing girl, I won't let you down
No
I won't let you down, no
I won't let you down, no
I won't let you down
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