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Artist: Pete Townshend
Canonical path: /pete-townshend/i-want-that-thing
Related lyric paths: 6
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I Want That Thing
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I Want That Thing
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Free ride to the house of life
Free ride to the house of life
Free ride to the house of life
Free ride to the house of life
Free ride to the house of life
Free ride
I work hard at my job
I save and I save
I know what I deserve
After all that I gave
You know I want that thing
You know I want that thing
Put aside a little money
Almost every day
When I think that I'm close
It just gets further away
You know I want that thing
I want that thing
Free ride to the house of life
I want that thing
Free ride to the house of life
I want that thing
Free ride to the house of life
I want that thing
Don't know if it's truth
Don't know if it's lies
I just can't be aloof
To what you advertise
You know I want that thing
I want that thing
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I can't wait
Any longer to choose
If I can't get my own
Gonna have to take yours from youze
I want that thing
I want it, I want it, I really want that thing
Free ride to the house of life-I want that thing
Free ride to the house of life-I want that thing
Free ride to the house of life-I want that thing
Free ride to the house of life-I want that thing
Free ride I wanna free ride
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