to cut a long story short

i had a woman that loved me true

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we got married on our honeymoon

to cut a long story short

now we're together i'm afraid no more

to cut a long story short

like billions of other people we're divorced

to cut a long story short

i don't believe that you can possibly

give more than you get

unless you talk about taxation

and the money that you care to bet

when i've got a problem i wanna solve

to cut a long story short

i simply go out and have a game of golf

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but i read a book that the book was great

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it got a fine class of people like the chambermaid

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i don't see how you could possibly

take what you can get

when to get what you take

and man you really got to sweat

i don't believe that you can possibly

give more than you get

unless you talk about taxation

and the money that you care to bet

i've got a girlfriend her name is jill

to cut a long story short

she doesn't take chances

so she takes the pill

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i'm really positive that she is mine

to cut a long story short

now i'm getting married for the second time

to cut a long story short

i don't see how you could possibly

take what you can get

when to get what you take

and man you really got to sweat