handle with care

been beat up and battered 'round

been sent up

and i've been shot down

you're the best thing that i've ever found

handle me with care

reputations changeable

situations tolerable

baby

you're adorable

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i'm so tired of being lonely

i still have some love to give

won't you show me that you really care?

everybody's got somebody to lean on

put your body next to mine and dream on

i've been fucked off

and i've been fooled

i've been robbed and ridiculed

in day care centers and night schools

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been stuck in airports

terrorized

sent to meetings

hypnotized

overexposed

commercialized

handle me with care

i'm so tired of being lonely

i still have some love to give

won't you show me that you really care?

everybody's got somebody to lean on

put your body next to mine and dream on

i've been uptight and made a mess

i'll clean it up myself

i guess

oh

the sweet smell of success

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