Lola

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-4 <7  <7  <7 <7 <7  <-6 <-6 <-6 <-6 6
 I met her in a club down in old Soho-
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Where you drink champagne 
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and it tastes just like cherry-cola
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 C   O   L   A  cola
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She walked up to  me and she asked me to dance
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I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said Lola
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 L   O   L   A  Lola 
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 la  la  la  la Lola

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Well I'm not the world's most physical guy
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But when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine
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Oh my Lola   la  la  la  la  Lola
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Well I'm not dumb but I can't understand
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Why she walked like a woman and talked like a man
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Oh my Lola  
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 L   O   L   A  Lola 
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 la  la  la  la Lola

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Well we drank champagne and danced all night
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 Under electric candlelight
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She picked me up and sat me on her knee
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And said dear boy won't you come home with me
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Well I'm not the world's most passionate guy
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But when I looked in her eyes well I  almost fell for my Lola
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 L   O   L   A  Lola 
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 la  la  la  la Lola 

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I pushed her away
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I walked to the door
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I fell to the floor
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I got down on my knees
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Then I looked at her and she at me

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Well that's the way that I want it to stay
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And I always want it to be that way for my Lola
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 La  la  la  la  Lola
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Girls will be boys and boys will be girls
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It's a mixed up muddled up shook up world except for Lola
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 La  la  la  la  Lola

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Well I left home just a week before
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And I'd never   ever kissed a  woman before
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But Lola smiled and took me by the hand
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And said dear boy I'm gonna make you a man--

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Well I'm not the world's most masculine man
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But I know what I am and I'm glad I'm  a man
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And so is Lola
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 la  la  la  la Lola 
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 la  la  la  la Lola

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