Nellie McKay
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My Buddy

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My Buddy

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You're something more than sunny

And you're electrifying me

I'm gonna love your money

You got a style that sets me

Is this the new temerity?

I'm gonna mend you many

I didn't know it could be nothing (right!)

How could i could know it'd come to nothing? (right!)

But what you say and what you give are to very different things, boy

I didn't know it could be nothing (right!)

How could i could know it'd come to nothing? (sight!)

But what you say and what you give is no kind of way to live

My buddy used to be someone who was striving endlessly

Somebody who loved me and could never go wasting

One who says that it's true or dies

But my buddy has it made

Everybody wants to be his slave

Got so many hearts they ought to start a parade

Singing nobody could ever replace... replace my buddy

I don't mean to be frightened

But you know we have history

This is my life i'm betting

Your floral face is fading

Are you beside or far away?

You say i get you, baby

What did you say?

My buddy used to be someone who was striving endlessly

Somebody who loved me and could never go wasting

One who says that it's true or dies

But my buddy has it made

Everybody wants to be his slave

Got so many hearts they ought to start a parade

Singing nobody could ever replace... replace my buddy

You go

You come

You come

You go

There's no escape

There's no control

I look for warning signs

But warning signs are on the [?]

Another dream that bites that dust

Another bee i cannot trust

I should protest

Just give in

But i wanna be free-ee-ee

I didn't know it could be nothing (right!)

How could i could know it'd come to nothing? (right!)

But what you say and what you give are to very different things, boy

I didn't know it could be nothing (right!)

How could i could know it'd come to nothing? (sight!)

But what you say and what you give is no kind of way to live

My buddy used to be someone who was striving endlessly

Somebody who loved me and could never go wasting

One who says that it's true or dies

But my buddy has it made

Everybody wants to be his slave

Got so many hearts they ought to start a parade

Singing nobody could ever replace... replace my buddy

Buddy

My buddy, my buddy, my buddy

Your buddy

Misses you

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