Last Of The Teenage Idols

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(piano, no lyrics, repeat 2x)

[Verse]

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You can call me the sheik of tomorrow,     sleeping on the burning sand
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You can call me the king of the cowboys,  'cause everybody shakes my hand
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You can call me the soft-shoe banana.   You can peel away my skin
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You can call me the Last of the Teenage Idols


[Interlude]

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[Verse]

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You can hang me in the morning.    Sell my ball and chain
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You can sink me in the ocean    and I'll swim back home again
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You can   make love to my secretary.    You can steal my money too
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You can call me the last of the Big Time Spenders


[Part 2]

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[Intro]

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[Verse]

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Grab your partners come inside. Outside there's no place to hide
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Tell your story to the man next door. He has heard it many times before
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Stayin' out late to play that thing. Ah doo dah diddy dah dah ding ding ding
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Hold my hand, here we go, come on baby don't be slow
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(E* = guitar lick that doubles horn parts during second half of each verse in part 2)

[Chorus]

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'Cause I'm the Last of the Teenage Idols
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The Last of the Teenage Idols


[Verse]

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Sixteen ducks, only one drake
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All flocked together in the middle of the lake
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They all had boats and a rubber (float?)
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A big sand castle at the bottom of the moat
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(Rough trade?) Wouldn't me
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I wouldn't be at all surprised
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Hold tight, all night, keeping me satisfied

[Chorus]

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'Cause I'm the Last of the Teenage Idols
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The Last of the Teenage Idols
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[Instrumental]

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[Verse]

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A big fat mama on her hands and knees
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Cryin' out baby, baby please, please, please
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I gotta keep going. I can't keep still
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I gotta get to the top of the hill
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OK, alright, I wanna stay out late tonight
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Hold my hand, don't be slow
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Come on baby here we go

[Chorus]

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I'm the Last of the Teenage Idols
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The Last of the Teenage Idols
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The Last of the Teenage Idols
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Last of the Teenage Idols
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I'm the Last of the Teenage Idols
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The Last…


[Part 3]

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(Sha la la la, sha la la la, sha la la woe oh) (background vocals repeat 2x)

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    I was the winner            of the Teenage Idol competition

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And I knew in my heart   we would never part. Mmmm
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    I was the winner    of the Teenage Idol competition
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(Sha la la la, sha la la la, sha la la woe oh) (repeat and ad lib scat lyrics to fade)

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