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Artist: The Mamas And The Papas
Canonical path: /the-mamas-and-the-papas/once-was-a-time-i-thought
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Once Was A Time I Thought
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Once Was A Time I Thought
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Once was a time I thought
That love could be sold or bought
And everything found a place for me
The fashion of passion I rationed with a cation
Because of the notion the potion of passion
Had never been passed to me
But since it was Sunday and sunny I went for a stroll
But peanuts and pigeons and people put me in a hole
A bleesing refreshing in did unfold
Dispeling depressing distressing salt from my soul
Once was a time I tought that love could be sold bought
And everything found a place for me
The fashion of passion I rationed with coution
Because of notion the potion of passion
Had never been passed to me
But now with you by my side
I find that I feel so satisfied
Somebody must have lied to me
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