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I Smell A Rat

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I Smell A Rat

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I smell a rat baby

I smell a rat baby

You’d better watch out

I smell a rat, babe

You won’t tell me where you been

Whiskey running all down your chin

I smell a rat baby

I smell a rat baby

You’d better watch out

I smell a rat baby

You come stumbling down the hall

Bump your head up against the wall

Knock down drunk and that ain’t all

I know you been having yourself a ball

I smell a rat baby

I smell a rat baby

You’d better watch out

I smell a rat baby

You come stumbling down the hall

Bump your head up against the wall

Knock down drunk and that ain’t all

I know you been having yourself a ball

I smell a rat baby

I smell a rat baby

You’d better watch out

I smell a rat baby

I smell a rat baby

I smell a rat baby

Yeah

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