Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks - By Hook Or By Crook

      [Intro]
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[Verse]
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Well  listen close if you really wanna hear what she    does  to me each time we're near
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Come this  July  going to put it in a book     I'm going to get her by hook or by crook
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Yeah I'm going to get her      (by hook or by crook)
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It's just a matter of time      (by hook or by crook)
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Gonna lay it on the line     (by hook or by crook)
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It's like a baby with its rattle      (by hook or by crook)
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And like a cowboy with his saddle      (by hook or by crook)       awww....

[Verse]
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When we're together I ain't nothing but a feather but     when we're not I miss it a lot
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Gonna  take her mind gonna lay it on the line  yeah   she's gon'to get shook by hook or by crook
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She's  gon'to  get shook      (by hook or by crook)
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It's just a matter of time      (by hook or by crook)
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Gonna lay it on the line     (by hook or by crook)
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It's like a baby with its rattle      (by hook or by crook)
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And like a cowboy with his saddle      (by hook or by crook)

[Instrumental]
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[Chorus]
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Well  listen close if you really wanna hear what she    does  to me each time we're near
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Come this  July  going to put it in a book     I'm going to get her by hook or by crook
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Yeah I'm going to get her      (by hook or by crook)
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It's just a matter of time      (by hook or by crook)
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Gonna lay it on the line     (by hook or by crook)
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It's like a baby with its rattle      (by hook or by crook)
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And like a cowboy with his saddle      (by hook or by crook)
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Like Cassius with his K.O.      (by hook or by crook)
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I'm gonna have all the say so    (by hook or by crook)
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I said by hook or by crook      I said by hook or by crook      I said  by hook or by crook
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I said by hook or by crook      hook or by crook

[Outro]
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hook or by crook    hook or by crook     hook or by croo-ooook