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Artist: Tom Petty
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A Self-made Man
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A Self-made Man
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If he don't wanna talk
Leave him alone
If he don't wanna talk
Leave him alone
He's a self-made man, he did it on his own
Now some folks say there's a dangerous side
Some folks says he's got dangerous side
He's a self-made man, he knows about pride
Chorus:
So help me baby, look what love can do
It scares me baby, does it scare you too?
Some folks say it was a woman he knew
Some folks say it was a woman he knew
He's a self-made man, he knows how to lose
Chorus
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