Ho Hey is a song by The Lumineers that emerged from romantic frustrations and personal experiences of the band members. Initially, it featured the Ho Hey chorus used to engage the audience at their performances. The song gained momentum and became a significant hit.
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(Ho!)
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(Hey!)
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(Hey!)
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(Ho!) I've been trying to do it right
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(Hey!) I've been living a lonely life
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(Ho!) I've been sleeping here instead
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(Hey!) I've been sleeping in my bed,
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(Ho!) sleeping in my bed (Hey!)
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(Ho!) So show me family
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(Hey!) Or the blood that I would bleed
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(Ho!) I don't know where I belong
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(Hey!) I don't know where I went wrong
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(Ho!) But I can write a song (Hey!)
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I belong with you, you belong with me, you're my sweetheart
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I belong with you, you belong with me, you're my sweet (Ho!)
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(Hey!)
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(Hey!)
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(Ho!) I don't think you're right for him
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(Hey!) Think of what it might've been if we
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(Ho!) Took a bus to Chinatown
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(Hey!) I'd be standing on Canal
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(ho!) and Bowery
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(Hey!)
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(Ho!) She'd be standing next to me (hey!)
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I belong with you, you belong with me, you're my sweetheart
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I belong with you, you belong with me, you're my sweetheart
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'Cause love we need it now
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Let's hope for some
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'Cause oh, we're bleeding out
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I belong with you, you belong with me, you're my sweetheart
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I belong with you, you belong with me, you're my sweet (Ho!)