Handle with care 

 

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1. Been beat up and battered around, been set up and I've been shut down. 

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You're the best thing that I've ever found. Handle me with care. 

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Reputation's changeable, situation's tolerable. 

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Baby, you're adorable. Handle me with care. 

 

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Bridge. I'm so tired of being lonely. I still have some love to give. 

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Won't you show me that you really care? 

 

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Refr. Everybody's got somebody to lean on. Put your body next to mine and dream on. 

 

2. I've been fucked off and I've been fooled. I've been loved and ridiculed. 

Daycare centers and night school. Handle me with care. 

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Been stuckered apart, terrorized, sent to meanings, hypnotized. 

Overexposed, commercialized. Handle me with care. 

 

Bridge. I'm so tired of being lonely. I still have some love to give. 

Won't you show me that you really care? 

 

Refr. Everybody's got somebody to lean on. Put your body next to mine and dream on. 

 

3. I've been uptight and made a mess but I'll clean it up myself I guess. 

Oh, sweet smell of success. Handle me with care. 

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