Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Hound Dog Taylor
Canonical path: /hound-dog-taylor/take-five
Related lyric paths: 6
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Take Five
Read Take Five lyrics by Hound Dog Taylor on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Take Five
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Chicago, Chicago babe, Chicago
Chicago, Chicago, Chicago
Oh yeah, sure enough, Chicago babe
Be back some old day
Take five, take five babe, take five
Take five, take five, take five
Oh yeah, sure enough, take five
Be back some old day
Believe it, believe it babe, believe it
Believe it, believe it, believe it
Believe it, sure enough, believe it babe
Be back some old day
Chicago, Chicago babe, Chicago
Chicago, Chicago, Chicago
Oh yeah, sure enough, Chicago babe
Be back some old day
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Hound Dog Taylor performs "Take Five", and this lyric page sits inside the Hound Dog Taylor catalog on LyroVerse.
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