Rosalita
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1. Spread out now, Rosie, doctor come cut loose her mama's reins.
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You know playing blind man's bluff is a little baby's game.
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You pick up little dynamite, I'm gonna pick up little gun
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and together we're gonna go out tonight and make that highway run.
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You don't have to call me lieutenant, Rosie
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and I don't want to be your son.
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The only lover I'm ever gonna need is your soft, sweet little girl's tongue
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and Rosie, you're the one.
2. Dynamite's in the belfry, baby, playing with the bats.
Little gun's downtown in front of Woolworth's trying out his attitude on all the cats.
Papa's on the corner waiting for the bus.
Mama, she's home in the window, waiting up for us.
She'll be there in that chair when they wrestle her upstairs
'cause you know we ain't gonna come.
I ain't here on business, baby, I'm only here for fun
and Rosie you're the one.
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Refr. Rosalita, jump a little lighter.
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Senorita, come sit by my fire.
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I just wanna be your lover, ain't no liar.
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Rosalita, you're my stone desire.
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3. Jack the Rabbit and Weak Knee Willie, don't you know they're gonna be there?
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Ah, Sloppy Sue and Big Bones Billy, they'll be comin' up for air.
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We're gonna play some pool, skip some school, act real cool, stay out all night.
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It's gonna feel alright.
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So Rosie, come out tonight. Little baby, come out tonight.
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Windows are for cheaters, chimneys for the poor.
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Oh, closets are for hangers, winners use the door.
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So, use it Rosie, that's what it's there for.
Refr. Rosalita, jump a little lighter.
Senorita, come sit by my fire.
I just wanna be your lover, ain't no liar.
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Rosalita, you're my stone desire.
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Bridge Now, I know your mama, she don't like me 'cause I play in a rock'n roll band
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and I know your daddy, he don't dig me but he never did understand.
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Your papa lowered the boom. He locked you in your room. I'm comin' to lend a hand.
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I'm comin' to liberate you, confiscate you. I wanna be your man.
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Someday we'll look back on this and it will all seem funny
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but now your sad, your mama's mad
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and your papa says he knows that I don't have any money.
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Oh, your papa says he knows that I don't have any money.
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Well, your papa says he knows that I don't have any money.
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Tell him this is his last chance to get his daughter in a fine romance
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because a record company, Rosie, just gave me a big advance
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4. and my tires were slashed and I almost crashed but the Lord had mercy
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and my machine is a dud out stuck in the mud somewhere in the swamps of Jersey.
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Well, hold on tight. Stay up all night 'cause Rosie I'm comin' on strong.
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By the time we meet the morning light I will hold you in my arms.
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I know a pretty little place in southern California, down San Diego way.
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There's a little café where they play guitars all night and all day.
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You can hear them in the backroom strummin'
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so hold tight, baby, 'cause don't you know your daddy's comin'.
Gtacet
Ah, everybody sing:
Refr. Rosalita, jump a little lighter...
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