He gets up each and he goes downtown everyone's his boss, And lost in an angry land. He's a man.
But then he comes evening to my tentament. Uptown where folks don't to pay much rent. And when there with me He can see that everything. The man is tall, he crawl. He's a king.
Downtown just one of a million guys. He get no breaks, And he takes all got to give 'cause got to live.
But then he comes Where he can hold his up high. And he knows I'm gonna be standing by. And when I his hand, no man who can put him down, down, down. Oh, the world's so sweet at his when he's uptown. Whoa-oo-oh-whoa. When uptown. Whoa-oo-whoa-oo-whoa-oh-oh.
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Met him on a and my heart stood still. Da doo run run run da doo run run. told me that his name was Bill. Da doo run run run da doo run run. Whoa, my stood still. Yeah, his was Bill. And he walked me home, Da doo run run run da doo run run.
He what he was doin' when he caught my eye. Da doo run run run da doo run run. He looked of quiet, but my, oh my. Da doo run run run da doo run run. Oh, he my eye. My, my, my, my, oh my. And he walked me home, Da doo run run run da doo run run.
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