Ian Hunter - Irene Wilde

      CM9/B : x20010

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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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