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Patience (So What?)

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Patience (So What?)

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Patience Eames

You're the girl of my dreams

So what?

I've been making schemes

'Til my poor head screams

So what?

I do difficult sums

And play the drums

Twiddle my thumbs

And find the crumbs

I'm quite dumb

And I come from the slums

So what?

Honesty, too

Wanna meddle with you

So what?

Well, I'm a Lambeth ruse

With beat up shoes

So what?

I got sparkly clothes

And buttons and bows

Powder my nose

And still I glow

My beauty shows

And my nylon hose

So what?

I got charity meek

Wanna pinch your cheek

So what?

I got sex technique

Make your eyeballs squeak

So what?

Well, I don't conform

To the usual norm

Ladies get warm

When I perform

They all adore my uniform

So what?

Fats O'Shea

Gonna get you away

So what?

You know one fine day

Gonna dead end way

So what?

An we lie on the rug

And cuddle up snug

Take a little tug

And give a little hug

Jabba dabba dabba

I feel so smug

So what?

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