| My granny had a saying:
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| «Without humps, there would be no getting over.»
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| You pay for what you get, (Oooh)
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| And hardly ever get what you pay for. |
| (Never been to school)
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| Life’s full of ups and downs
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| You got to find your own high ground
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| Mother Wit is your connection. |
| (Oh)
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| Use it for your protection. |
| (Oh oh. Oh!)
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| (Mother Wit is all you get in your live life)
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| You got to dance to it when you do it
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| (She never tell you how to live your love life)
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| Just a little discretion was her only suggestion
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| (Da-da da da, ba-da-da da da da da)
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| It’s not such a mean old world
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| (Da-da da da, ba-da-da da da da da)
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| To be happy but funky, (happy but funky)
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| Come alive and get spunky, (Come alive and get spunky)
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| Da da da da da da da, (Ha da da da da da da)
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| And you’ll never buy Texas from a cowboy
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| And never buy
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| A bridge (And never buy a bridge)
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| While you’re in Brooklyn. |
| (While you’re in Brooklyn)
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| Oooh, I was raised on a farm
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| Way back up in the woods
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| With thirteen children
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| Never been to school
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| Mother Wit, she called
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| «Never been to school» is no reason to be a fool
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| To be happy but funky, (happy but funky)
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| Come alive and get spunky, (Come alive and get spunky)
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| Da da da da da da da, (da da da da da da da da da da da)
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| And you’ll never buy Texas from a cowboy, (from a cowboy)
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| And never buy
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| A bridge (And never buy a bridge)
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| While you’re in Brooklyn. |
| (While you’re in Brooklyn)
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| Mother Wit is all you got, you got to trust your funk. |
| (x3)
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| If you can’t dance through it, don’t do it!
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| If you can dance and get through to it, do it!
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| When reason just don’t make no sense, you got to use your funk
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| When use of sense is not enough, you’ve got to use your funk
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| Though Mother Wit is a kind of nonsense, it helps you over the hump!
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| If you can’t dance to it, don’t do it!
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| But, if you can dance and get through to it, then do it deary!
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| Yippee tai-yai yipee yipee yeah yipee yeah
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| Can I get away?
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| If you can’t dance to it, don’t do it!
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| But if you can dance and get through to it, then do it!
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| In your live life (In your live life)
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| Mother Wit is all you get in your love life. |
| (In your love life)
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| Hey!
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| To be happy but funky, (To be happy but funky)
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| Come alive and get spunky, (Come alive and get spunky)
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| Da da da da da da da, (da da da da da da)
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| And you’ll never buy Texas from a cowboy
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| And never buy
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| A bridge (And never buy a bridge)
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| While you’re in Brooklyn. |
| (While you’re in Brooklyn)
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| If you think you can dance to it, get to it, get to it
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| If you think you can dance and get through to it, then do it, then do it!
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| Way back!
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| Oooh, never buy a bridge
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| While you’re in Brooklyn
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| Oooh
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| If you think you can dance and get through to it, then do it! |
| Do it!
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| Oh, do it, deary!
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| Way back!
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| To be happy but funky, (Oooh)
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| Come alive and get spunky
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| Da da da da da da da
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| And you’ll never buy Texas from a cowboy
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| And never buy (Oooh, and never buy a bridge)
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| A bridge
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| While you’re in Brooklyn. |
| (While you’re in Brooklyn. Oooh!)
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| (Mother Wit is all you get in your live life.)
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| You got to dance to it when you do it
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| (Never tell you how to live your love life.)
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| Just a little discretion was her only suggestion
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| In your live life
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| In your love life!
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| In your love life!
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| Way back up in the woods
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| (In your love life)
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| Way back!
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| Never been to school
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| In your live life
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| Never been to school
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| In your live life
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| Mother Wit is all you get in your live life
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| Mother Wit! |
| It’s all you get
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| In your live long, your live long live long live long live long life
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| Way back
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| Mother Wit goes back
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| Hey hey
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| Through your live life
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| Hey! |
| To be happy but funky!
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| To be happy but funky
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| Come alive and get spunky, (Come alive and get spunky)
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| Da da da da da da da, (da)
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| And you’ll never buy Texas from a cowboy, (Ooh!)
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| And never buy (Way back!)
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| A bridge
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| While you’re in Brooklyn. |
| (Oooh!)
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| Can I go way back?
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| Way back! |