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Artist: Leroy Carr
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Naptown Blues
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Naptown Blues
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Nobody knows old Naptown baby like I do, do
Nobody knows old Naptown baby like I do, do
If you will stop and listen
I will tell you a thing or two
When you get lonesome and want to have some fun, fun (fuh-wun)
when you get lonesome and want to have some fun, fun
You just grab a train and (XXX) downtown someone
Dee dee dee
Ba ba ba deedle
When you get to nap town
the blues won't last very long, long
When you get to nap town the blues won't last very long, long
Because they have their pleasure, and they sure do carry on
I would rather be in Naptown than any place I know
I would rather be in Naptown than any place I know
I can get me a ticket and some body wants a show
I'm going back to Naptown, and baby don't you want to go, go?
I'm going back to Naptown, and baby don't you want to go, go?
Because there ain't nobody knows on Naptown like I know
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Leroy Carr performs "Naptown Blues", and this lyric page sits inside the Leroy Carr catalog on LyroVerse.
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