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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