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Artist: Deep Purple
Canonical path: /deep-purple/what-the-what
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What The What
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What The What
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We goin' out tomorrow, gonna do it right
Celebrate the fact that we're still alive
In that case, we better make it tonight
I'll drink for us all and you can drive
My mojo working, I paid my dues
I'm gonna break out my dancing shoes
I'm gonna do what I do best
I'm gonna spend my money till there's nothing left
So bad
I've been so bad
I've been so bad
What the what happened to you last night?
Every bar in London had an old Joanna
And cats who could play rock and roll piano
No one cared a few teeth gone missing
Everybody got up to sing
Five string guitars and old skin drums
On a river boat shuffle, bunch-a drunken bums
No way of knowing when the temperature dropped
The moment was hot, there was no time to stop
So bad
We were so bad
We been so bad
What the what happened to you last night?
Long, tall, Sally and short, fat, Dave
Arms and legs going every-ways
They didn't care about shape or size
The fever of love was in their eyes
Called every bad name under the Sun
They did the same to us, we was just having fun
He went up and she went down
It didn't really matter, they just went to town
So bad
They were so bad
They been so bad
What the what happened to you last night?
I was so bad
I been so bad
I been so bad
What the what happened to you last night?
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