Handbags and gladrags 

 
 
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Intro. 
 
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1. Ever seen a blind man cross the road, trying to make the other side?
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Ever seen a young girl growing old, trying to make herself a bride?
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So what becomes of you my love, when they have finally stripped you of
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the handbags and the gladrags that you burned that I had to sweat so you could buy.
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   Baby. 
 
2. Once I was a young man, and all I thought I had to do was smile.
You are still a young girl, and you bought everything in style.
And once you think you’re in you’re out, ‘cause you don’t mean a single thing without
the handbags and the gladrags that you burned that I had to sweat so you could buy.
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   Mm. 
 
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3. Sing a song of sixpence for your sake and take a bottle full of rye.
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Four and twenty blackbirds in a cake and bake them all in a pie.
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They told me you missed school today, so what I suggest is just throw them all away,
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the handbags and the gladrags that you pour over and that I had to sweat to buy.
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     Oh. 
 
End. They told me you missed school today, so what I suggest is just throw them all away,
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the handbags and the gladrags that you pour over and that I had to sweat to buy.
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                                              Hm.