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But there's nothing Lotta can do.
But there's not a lot I can do.
Choreographed kippers for breakfast.
Could we have kippers for breakfast?
Could we have kitties for breakfast
Mummy dear, mummy dear?
Could we have kippers for breakfast
Mummy dear, mummy dear?
Curry and kippers for breakfast!
Could we have kippers for breakfast?
Don't you look at my girl friend, she's the only one I got
Take a look at my girlfriend, she's the only one I got.
Gotta have a little Texas
'Cause everyone's a millionaire.
They got to have 'em in Texas
'Cause everyone's a millionaire.
I never seem to get a lot
(What you got, not a lot)
Take a gumball 'cross the water
I never seem to get a lot
(What she got, not a lot)
Take a jumbo 'cross the water
I'm a wiener, I'm a sinker
Do you want my autograph?
I'm a winner, I'm a sinner
Do you want my autograph?
Moby dear, Moby dear
Mummy dear, Mummy dear
Never seem to get along.
Never seem to get a lot.
Take a gumball past the water.
Take a Jumbo across the water.
Take a gumbo past the water.
Take a Jumbo across the water.
Take a gunboat across the water
Take a jumbo across the water
Take a jump across the water.
Take a Jumbo 'cross the water.
Take a junk boat 'cross the water
Like to see a miracle.
Take a jumbo across the water
Like to see America.
'cause everyone's familiar now
'cause everyone's a millionaire
Breakfast in America
Like to see America
But the motherf***er can do
But there's not a lot I can do
Clear when I'm out of breath
or
Clear with my auto breath
or
Clear with my auto breath
Do you want my autograph?
Don't you look at my girlfriend
Take a look at my girlfriend, she's the only one I got.
Both of those lines are in the song; they're not misheard. Take a look... and Don't you look... Neither is a mondegreen.
I never seem to get along
I never seem to get a lot
I'm a wiener
I'm a winner
See the golden California
See the girls in California
Take a gambol cross the water
Take a jumbo across the water
We never seem to get along
We never seem to get a lot
Well, there's nothing bad to do
Well, there's nothing better to do