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Artist: David Lee Roth
Canonical path: /david-lee-roth/the-bottom-line
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The Bottom Line
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The Bottom Line
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Talk about meanwhile back at the ranch
The ugly ducklings learn to dance
Spirits rising, might be more
Gonna blow this whole town out the back door
Give 'em hell tonight
Go west young man
All right
We'll burn the bridges if we please
Or forever you can hold my peace
A little taste I can't stop
Tastes as sweet as soda pop
All dressed up and ready for the top
Yes I, got to have it and that's my bottom line
Got to have it, have it one more time
Got to have it and that's my bottom line
Got to have it, got tô have it baby
You want tô feel 100 proof
I got news for you
I seen some folks fall and a couple fly
And some of them just die
Ain't nothing's once upon a time
Got a rosy future and a big behind
Might get lucky, never mind
I hear beginners do it all the time
Yes I, got to have it and that's my bottom line
Got to have it, have it one more time
Got to have it and that's my bottom line
Got to have it, got to have it baby
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