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Artist: Kay Hanley
Canonical path: /kay-hanley/brown-betty
Related lyric paths: 6
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Brown Betty
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Brown Betty
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i felt the stare i met your eyes
and that skin i recognize
the city stars my beating heart
the party lights you're with your friends
is that your girl? i'll pretend
you touch my hair i take you home
pretty brown betty are you gonna be my girl?
betty are you ready for me it's such a lonely world
and i want you i can think of nothing else
i'll do what i got to just to get you for myself
you played guitar that night
when i finally kiss your lips i'll get it right
the city starts my beating heart
pretty brown betty...
what my thoughts alone could do
i could rip myself in two
i could lay down next to her
just like deborah kerr at the edge of the world
pretty brown betty
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Kay Hanley performs "Brown Betty", and this lyric page sits inside the Kay Hanley catalog on LyroVerse.
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