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The Hedgehog's Song

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The Hedgehog's Song

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I'm not the kind to complain

That I never had a girl to love.

Many a fine girl I tried hard to know,

But I think I never tried enough.

Sitting one day by myself,

And I'm thinking, "What could be wrong?"

When this funny little Hedgehog comes running up to me,

And it starts up to sing me this song.

Oh, you know all the words, and you sung all the notes,

But you never quite learned the song, she sang.

I can tell by the sadness in your eyes,

That you never quite learned the song.

Every day when the sun go down,

And the evening is so very still,

Many a fine girl I've held in my arms,

And I hope there's many more that I will,

But just when everything is going fine,

And absolutely nothing is wrong,

This funny little Hedgehog's always around

And every time he wants to sing me this song.

Oh, you know all the words, and you sung all the notes,

But you never quite learned the song, she sang.

I can tell by the sadness in your eyes,

That you never quite learned the song.

One day when the moon was full I thought I might settle down,

Found myself a pretty little girl,

And I stopped all my running around;

But just when the preacher come along,

And he's just gonna pop on the ring,

This funny little Hedgehog comes

running down the aisle,

And I don't have to tell you what he did sing.

Oh, you know all the words, and you sung all the notes,

But you never quite learned the song, she sang.

I can tell by the sadness in your eyes,

That you never quite learned the song.

I'm not the kind to complain

That I never had a girl to love;

Many fine girls I've tried hard to know,

But I think I never tried enough.

But now I'll be looking all my days,

And it isn't just me I got to please,

There's this funny little Hedgehog

Who's always around,

And the only words he ever sings to me are these.

Oh, you know all the words and you sung all the notes,

But you never quite learned the song, she sang.

I can tell by the sadness in your eyes,

That you never quite learned the song.

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