On And On

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Date: Mon, 05 Feb 1996 18:56:21 -0500
From: Steve Johnson 

 
Subject: Re: REQ:Stephen Bishop, On and On

On and On
Stephen Bishop (c) 1975


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Down in Jamaica they got lots of pretty women

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Steal your money then they break your heart

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Lonesome Sue, she's in love with ol' Sam
    
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She take him from the fire into the fryin' pan

CHORUS:
  
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  On and on
           
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  She just keeps on trying

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  And she smiles when she feels like crying
         
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  On and on, on and on, on and on


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Poor ol' Jimmy sits alone in the moonlight

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Saw his woman kiss another man

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So he takes a ladder, steals the stars from the sky

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Puts on Sinatra and starts to cry
[repeat Chorus]

TAG:
             
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    When the first time is the last time
           
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    It can make you feel so bad
               
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    But if you know it, show it
    
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    Hold on tight, don't let her say "Goodnight."


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I got the sun on my shoulders and my toes in the sand

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My woman's left me for some other man

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Ah, but I don't care -- I'll just dream and stay tanned

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Toss up my heart and see where it lands.

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