Key: G
Introduction:
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Who's the livin' daddy with the beautiful eyes?
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What a pair of lips -- I'd like to try 'em for size.
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I'll just tell him, "Baby, won't you swing it with me?"
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Hope he tells me "Maybe" -- what a wing it will be.
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So I said politely, "Darlin' may I intrude?"
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He said don't keep me waitin' when I'm in the mood."
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First I held him lightly and we started to dance
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Then I held her tightly -- what a dreamy romance!
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And I said, "Hey, baby, it's a quarter to three...
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There's a mess of moonlight, won't you share it with me?"
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"Well," he answered, "Baby, don't you know that it's rude
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To keep my two lips waitin' when they're in the mood?"
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In the mood -- that's what she told me,
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In the mood -- and when she told me
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In the mood -- my heart was skippin'
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It didn't take me long to say, "I'm in the mood now."
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In the mood (oh joy) for all her kissin',
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In the mood (oh joy) her crazy lovin',
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In the mood (oh boy) what I was missin' --
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It didn't take me long to say "I'm in the mood now."
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It didn't take me long to say "I'm in the mood now."