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Chewing Gum Wrapper

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Chewing Gum Wrapper

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I saw the chewing gum wrapper,

saw it after lunch;

Faded little cruddy thing,

I picked from among the bunch.

Cruddy little chewing gum wrapper,

My eyes would not let go;

Saw the little thing that I liked so.

Loved the faded colors like would end up at the dump,

My heart goes bumpety, bumpety, bumpety bump.

Cruddy little chewing gum wrapper,

Faded by the rain;

You got to see it for yourself,

My words just can't explain.

Cruddy little chewing gum wrapper,

dried up by the sun;

Someone else got to feel this way, I can't be the only one.

Who loves the faded colors like would end up at the dump.

My heart goes bumpety, bumpety, bumpety bump.

Faded plenty and corroded some,

I saw the chewing gum wrapper,

I picked it up just like a bum,

Cruddy little, cruddy little, cruddy little thing;

Full of dirt and it was full of grit,

I saw the chewing gum wrapper;

But colors like that you can't git,

Cruddy little cruddy little cruddy little cruddy little.

Well, cruddy little chewing gum wrapper,

My heart would not let go;

The colors hypnotize me, and I love them so.

Cruddy little chewing gum wrapper,

This I must say;

These colors move me more than most or what I see today.

I love the faded colors like would end up at the dump,

My heart goes bumpety, bumpety, bumpety bump.

I saw the chewing gum wrapper,

When I was on a walk;

I saw the faded green

And I could barely talk.

Cruddy little chewing gum wrapper

When I was on a roam

I was the faded yellow

And wanted to take it home

Cruddy little chewing gum wrapper.

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