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Artist: Sade
Canonical path: /sade/smooth-operator
Related lyric paths: 6
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Smooth Operator
Read Smooth Operator lyrics by Sade on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Smooth Operator
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Diamond life, lover boy
He moves in space with minimum waste and maximum joy
City lights and business nights
When you require streetcar desire for higher heights
No place for beginners or sensitive hearts
The sentiment is left to chance
No place to be ending but somewhere to start
No need to ask
He's a smooth operator
Smooth operator
Smooth operator
Smooth operator
Coast-to-coast, LA to Chicago, Western male
Across the North and South to Key Largo, love for sale
Face-to-face, each classic case
We shadow box and double-cross
Yet, need the chase
A license to love, insurance to hold
Melts all your memories and change into gold
His eyes are like angels, his heart is cold
No need to ask
He's a smooth operator
Smooth operator
Smooth operator
Smooth operator
Coast-to-coast, LA to Chicago, Western male
Across the North and South to Key Largo, love for sale
Smooth operator
Smooth operator
Smooth operator
Smooth operator
Smooth operator
Smooth operator
Smooth operator
Smooth operator
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Sade performs "Smooth Operator", and this lyric page sits inside the Sade catalog on LyroVerse.
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