| To a certain extent I’ll be taking your word for it
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| Cause it’s all I can do
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| You’ll be putting your faith in me and I
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| I’ll be placin' a bet on you
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| If it’s a sure thing that you want
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| Write a letter to your confidant
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| Listen to me, child, if you please
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| Oh there ain’t no guarantees
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| Oh well I gathered up my nickels and dimes
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| And I stepped onto the bus
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| All the passengers were lookin' at the driver
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| And he was a-smilin' at us
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| Well we shimmied from side to side
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| Said my prayers, enjoyed the ride
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| Cause there was nothing I could do or say
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| To make that driver drive a particular way
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| To a certain extent I’ll be taking your word for it
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| Cause it’s all I can do
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| You’ll be putting your faith in me and I
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| I’ll be placin' a bet on you
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| If it’s a sure thing that you need
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| Cut your finger and watch it bleed but
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| Listen to me, child, if you please
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| Oh there ain’t no guarantees
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| I gathered up a couple dollars
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| And I headed for the bar downtown
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| Stopped to pick young Annalee up
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| And get us a bottle of brown
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| Yeah, but
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| Crazy Chester and his four piece band
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| Had her dancin' with another man
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| And there was nothing I could say or do
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| To make sure that she didn’t go home with you
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| To a certain extent I’ll be taking her word for it
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| Cause it’s all I can do
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| You’ll be putting your faith in me and I
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| I’ll be placin' a bet on you
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| If it’s a sure thing you think you found
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| Everything comes back around
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| Listen to me, child, if you please
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| Oh there ain’t no guarantees
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| Listen to me, child, if you please
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| Oh there ain’t no guarantees |