50 ways to leave your lover

Intro

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Verse

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The problem is all inside your head she said to me,
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The answer is easy if you take it logically.
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I’d like to help you in your struggle to be free.
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There must be - fifty ways to leave your lover.

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You know it’s really not my habit to intrude,
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Furthermore I hope my meaning won’t be lost or miss-construed,
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So I’ll repeat myself, at the risk of being cruel.
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There must be - fifty ways to leave your lover
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Fifty ways to leave your lover

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Just slip out the back jack, make a new plan Stan,
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No need to be coy Roy, just listen to me
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Hop on the bus Gus, don’t need to discuss much,
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Just drop off the key Lee, and set yourself free

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She said it grieves me so to see you in such pain
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I wish there was something I could do to make you smile again
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I said “I appreciate that, and would you please explain
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‘Bout the fifty ways”

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She said “why don’t we both just sleep on it tonight,
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And I believe that in the morning you’ll begin to see the light.”
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She kissed me and I realised, she probably was right,
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There must be - fifty ways to leave your lover.
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Fifty ways to leave your lover

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