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Artist: Graham Parker
Canonical path: /graham-parker/you-ve-got-to-be-kidding
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You've Got To Be Kidding
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You've Got To Be Kidding
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Hey hey yeah la la la la
Oh oh la la la la la la la la la la.la la
You got to be kidding when you say your line is cast
You got to be kidding when you say that this will last.
You got to be putting me on you got to be stringing me along
You got to be kidding any way to feel you belong.
You got to be joking when you shrug off any doubt.
You got to be joking telling me you have worked this out.
You got to be building a wall inside that endless empty hall
You got to be joking anyway to be here at all
Yeah you got to be kidding.
You got to be kidding baby and there ain't no doubt
Fooling yeah when the truth comes out.
Hoaxing honey and it just ain't fair
Playing baby when there's no one there oh yeah!
You got to be kidding putting prices on yourself
You got to be kidding telling me there's no one else.
You got to be putting me on you got to be stringing me alone
You got to be kidding anyway to feel you belong yeah.
You got to be building a wall inside that endless empty hall
You got to be kidding anyway to be here at all yeah
You got to be kidding hmm you got to be kidding yeah
You got to be kidding.
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