Thats Why God Made The Movies - Paul Simon

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   When I was 

            
born my mother

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 died 

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She said bye-b

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ye baby, bye-b

 
ye 

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   I said, "Wh

              
ere you goin'?

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I'm   just bor

n" 

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She said I'll 

         
only be gone f

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or a while 
  
           
My mother love

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d to leave in 

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style 

             
  That's why G

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od made the mo

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vies 


            
   Well I laid

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 around in my 

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swaddling clot

  
hes 

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Until the doct

           
or came and tu

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rned out the l

 
ight 

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   Then I pack

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ed my bag 

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And my    name

 
tag 

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And stole away

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 into the nigh

              
t 

           
Hoping things 

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would work out

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 right 

             
  That's why G

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od made the mo

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vies 


         
 Say you will,

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 say you will 

            
 Say you'll ta

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ke me to your 

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loving breast 

              
 Say you'll no

              
urish me with 

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your tendernes

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s 

            
   The way the

              
 ladies someti

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mes do 


        
  Say you won'

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t, say you won

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't 

              
 Say you won't

        
 leave me for 

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no other man 

              
 Say you'll lo

              
ve me just the

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 way I am 

 Tacet                 | 
 Say you will, baby now 

              
 Say you will,

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 just say you 

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will 

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   Say you wil

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l 


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   When I was 

            
born my mother

|  
 died 

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She said bye-b

      |
ye baby, bye-b

 
ye 

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   And since t

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hat day 

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I've paid  my 

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 way 

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The notorious 

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boy of the wil

               
d 

           
Adopted by the

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 wolves when h

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e was a child 

             
  That's why G

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od.  That's wh

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y God. 

              
 That's why Go

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d made the mov

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ies 


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