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Fingernails

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Fingernails

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I keep my fingernails long

So they Click when I play the piano

I keep my fingernails long

So they Click when I play the piano

I'm gonna keep 'em that way

Till the Swallows get back from Texarkana.

I keep my fingernails long

So they Click when I play the piano

I keep my fingernails long

So they Click when I play the piano

I'm gonna keep 'em that way

Till the Swallows get back from Louisiana.

Well, I used to chew 'em off

I was Nervous over you.

I missed that clickin', tickin' sound,

Honey, what I'm gonna do,

Is keep my fingernails long

So they Click when I play the piano

I keep my fingernails long

So they Click when I play the piano

I'm gonna keep 'em that way

Till the Swallows get back from Alabama.

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