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I Wanna Be Your Lover

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I Wanna Be Your Lover

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Well, the rainman comes

With his magic wand

And the judge says

"Mona can't have no bond"

And the walls collide

Mona cries

And the rainman leaves

In the wolfman's disguise

I wanna be your lover

Baby, I wanna be your man

I wanna be your lover, baby

I don't wanna be hers

I wanna be yours

Well, the undertaker

In his midnight suit

Says to the masked man

"Ain't you cute"

Well, the mask man

He gets up on the shelf

And he says

"You ain't so bad yourself"

I wanna be your lover

Baby, I wanna be your man

I wanna be your lover, baby

I don't wanna be hers

I wanna be yours

Well, jumpin' Judy

Can't go no higher

She had bullets in her eyes

And they fire

Rasputin he's so dignified

He touched the back of her

Head an' he died

I wanna be your lover

Baby, I wanna be your man

I wanna be your lover, baby

I don't wanna be hers

I wanna be yours

Well, Phaedra with her

Looking glass

Stretchin' out

Upon the grass

She gets all messed up

And she faints

That's 'cause

She's so obvious

And you ain't

I wanna be your lover

Baby, I wanna be your man

I wanna be your lover, baby

I don't wanna be hers

I wanna be yours

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