Key: D
Introduction:
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Tar-zan, wasn't a ladies man,
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He'd just come along and scoop them up under his arm like that, quick as a
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cat in the jungle.
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But Clark Kent, now there was a real gent,
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He would not be caught sittin' aro-und in no jungle scape
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Dumb as an ape doing nothing.
Chorus
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Superman never made any money, saving the world from Solomon Grundy,
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And sometimes I despair the world will never see another man, like him.
Verse 2
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Even though he could have smashed through any bank in the United States
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He had the strength but he would not
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Folks said his family were all dead
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Their planet crumbled but Superman he forced himself to carry on
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Forget Kryp-ton and keep going
Chorus
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Superman never made any money, saving the world from Solomon Grundy,
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And sometimes I despair the world will never see another man, like him.
Bridge
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Tar-zan was king of the jungle and lord over all the apes
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But he could hardly string together four wo-rds: "I Tar-zan, you Jane"
Verse 3
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Some-times when Supe was stopping crimes,
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I'll bet that he was tempted to just quit and turn his back on man
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Join Tar-zan in the forest
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But he stayed in the city, kept changing clothes in dirty old phonebooths
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Til his work was rued and nothing to do but go on
Chorus
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Superman never made any money, saving the world from Solomon Grundy,
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And sometimes I despair the world will never see another man, like him.
Outro
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And sometimes I despair the world will never see another man, like him.