Bettie Bettie

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[Chorus]
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Bettie Bettie where can you be?   
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I ain't seen the likes of you in 
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Hustler magazine,
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Bettie Bettie don't you 
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understand?   If I had been taught 
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by you I'd be a different man.

[Verse 1]
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You came to New York City back in 
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Jack and Neil's day,
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All the lights of old Time Square 
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they flickered on the great white 
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wave,
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Straight from Tennessee and in the 
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rarest beauty form,
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You walked before the car and 
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caused a nationwide storm.

[verse 2]
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Oh, Pappy he remembered you from 
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1952,
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All the boys down at the pool hall 
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had a calendar or two,
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Forty odd years later your still up 
and goin' strong,
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But I can't help wonderin' just 
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where it is you've gone.

[Chorus]
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Bettie Bettie where can you be?   
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I ain't seen the likes of you in 
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Hustler magazine,
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Bettie Bettie don't you 
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understand?   If I had been taught 
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by you I'd be a different man.

[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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Now all the boys at boot camp had 
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your picture on their wall,
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Thousands others saw you at their 
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bachelor party brawl,
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But they don't see you smile like I
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 do shining in my dreams,
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That jungle mistress, dark Madonna,
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 leather movie queen.

[Chorus]
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Bettie Bettie where can you be?   
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I ain't seen the likes of you in 
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Hustler magazine,
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Bettie Bettie don't you 
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understand?   If I had been taught 
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by you I'd be a different man.

[Interlude]
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[Verse 4]
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Well, now Brigitte Bardot,  Julie 
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NewmaR,  Mary and Fay Ray,
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And Mr. Vargas pictures made me 
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what I am today,
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But if I could see you one more 
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time and not lose all my nerve,
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I'd gladly give the greatest of 
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them all what she deserves.

[Chorus]
   A            D                 
Bettie Bettie where can you be?   
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I ain't seen the likes of you in 
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Hustler magazine,
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Bettie Bettie don't you 
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understand?   If I had been taught 
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by you I'd be a different man.