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Bold dimension
Bold advances
Get out of view, we just don't have the time
Get out of here, we just don't have the time
I like Alsatians but you'll never change us
OR
Life has changed us but you'll never change us
Like us, hate us but you'll never change us
Like a sailor
Like us, hate us.
Respect a bull
Respectable
She's a receptacle
She's so respectable
Take or leave us
Only please believe us
We ain't never gonna be Inspector Bond
Take or leave us
Only please believe us
We ain't never gonna be respectable
Take or leave us
Only please believe us
We ain't never gonna be in the "Cannonball"
Take or leave us
Only please believe us
We ain't never gonna be respectable
Take or leave us
Only please believe us
We ain't never gonna be in the "Cannonball"
Take or leave us
Only please believe us
We ain't never gonna be respectable
Taking chances
Foiled advances
Don't care if you think we're not alright.
Taking chances
Bold advances
Don't care if you think we're out of line.
We don't need to know the weather's wild.
We don't need to know the "where or why".
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