Ian Hunter - Irene Wilde

      
 
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 When I was just sixteen I stood waiting for a dream
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 At Barker Street Bus Station every night
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 When I tried to get it on she just looked at me with scorn
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 My courage turned to fear and I took flight
 
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 For those looks they seemed to say you ain't nothin' go away
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 You're just some face in some crowd so I walked home and I vowed
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 I'm gonna be somebody someday
 
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 Her name was Irene Wilde Oh such beauty for a child
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 When she started dating boys I nearly died
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 Well I could not barely stand seeing anyone hold her hand
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 I thought I'd have to crawl away and hide
 
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 In my mother's Sunday room I'd compose so many tunes
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 They was all the same just a frame for the name and just to say
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 I'm gonna be somebody someday
 
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 Wild was your name, I soon left that country town
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 I've been around, I've seen some things,
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 I've seen some ups, I've seen some downs
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 Smile through your shock as you hear your name outloud
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 I's that face in the crowd
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 I didn't dig it I'm much too proud
 
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 When I was just sixteen I stood waiting for that dream
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 At Barker street bus station non-affair
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 At the time it seemed so sad but it didn't turn out bad
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 if she hadn't turned me down I'd still be there
 
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 Well I think most folks agree
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 A little put-down makes them see
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 they aint the chain they're just a link
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 and thats why she made me think
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 I'm gonna be somebody, be somebody, be somebody - someday
 
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