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Artist: Carmen Mcrae
Canonical path: /carmen-mcrae/take-five
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Take Five
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Take Five
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Won't you stop and take a little time out with me, just take five
Stop your busy day and take the time out to see I'm alive
Though I`m going out of my way
Just so I can pass by each day
Not a single word do we say
It`s a pantomime and not a play
Still I know our eyes often meet
I feel tingles down to my feet
When you smile that's much too discrete
Sends me on my way
Wouldn't it be better not to be so polite, you could offer a light
Start a little conversation now, it's alright, just take five, just take five
Though I`m going out of my way
Just so I can pass by each day
Not a single word do we say
It`s a pantomime and not a play
Still I know our eyes often meet
I feel tingles down to my feet
When you smile that's much too discrete
Sends me on my way
Wouldn't it be better not to be so polite, you could offer a light
Start a little conversation now, it's alright, just take five, just take five
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Carmen Mcrae performs "Take Five", and this lyric page sits inside the Carmen Mcrae catalog on LyroVerse.
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