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Artist: The Refreshments
Canonical path: /the-refreshments/european-swallow
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European Swallow
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European Swallow
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Well I could see by the way that she danced with me
She want to break my heart
want to tear it apart
and I could see by the way she dance with me
If I give her ten dollars I could get anything that I want
So what's a girl like you doing in a place like this
Lets forget that I asked
baby give me a kiss
So stop biting my fingernails
They're starting to bleed a little
Why don't we just skip the formalities
And get down to what we're here for
I'll do anything for you
Anything that you want me to
It's just going to take
A little more money
Do anything for you
Anything that you want me to
It's just going to take
A little more money
So this big old guys comes up to me
"Say skinny white boy
I don't like the way you look at my girlfriend"
Well "what an ugly thing to say"
I say, "don't flatter yourself
I don't think that much of your girlfriend"
So that big old guy socks me in the nose
I falls on my back and gets blood on my clothes
He say's "Hey, skinny white boy
What do you think about that?"
I says, "it doesn't change much
I still don't think much of you girlfriend"
I'll do anything for you
Anything that you want me to
It's just going to take
A little more money
Do anything for you
Anything that you want me to
It's just going to take
A little more money
Well I could see by the way that she danced with me
She want to break my heart
want to tear it apart
Yah and I could see by the way she danced with me
If I give her ten dollars I could get anything that I want
So what's a girl like you doing in a place like this
Lets forget that I asked won't you give me a kiss
So stop biting my fingernails
They're starting to bleed a little
Let's skip the formalities
And get down to what we're here for
I'll do anything for you
Anything that you want me to
It's just going to take
A little more money
Do anything for you
Anything that you want me to
It's just going to take
A little more money
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