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When my baby, when my baby smiles at me
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I go to Rio, de Janeiro, my-oh-me---oh
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I go wild and then I have to do
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The samba and la bamba
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Now I`m not the kind of person
With a passionate persuasion
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for dancin`, or romancin`
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But I give in to the rhythm
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And my feet follow the beatin` of my heart
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Woh-ho-oh-oh, when my baby
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When my baby smiles at me
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I go to Rio, de Janeiro, I'm salsa fellow
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When my baby smiles at me
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The sun'll lightens up my life
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And I am free at last, what a blast
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Woh-ho-oh-oh, when my baby
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When my baby smiles at me
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I feel like Tarzan, of the jungle
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There on the hot sand
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And in a bungalow while monkeys
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Play above us, we make love
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Now I`m not the type to let vibrations
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Trigger my imagination easily
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You know that`s just not me
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But I turn into a tiger
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Everytime I get beside the one I love
Instrumental
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Woh-ho-oh-oh, when my baby
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When my baby smiles at me
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I go to Rio, de Janeiro, I'm salsa fellow
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When my baby smiles at me
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The sun'll lightens up my life
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And I am free at last, what a blast
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When my baby, when my baby smiles at me
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I go to Rio, de Janeiro
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When I go to Rio, Rio, Rio de Janeiro
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When I go to Rio, Rio, Rio de Janeiro
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When I go to Rio, Rio, Rio de Janeiro
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When I go to Rio, Rio, Rio de Janeiro...
Written by Peter Allen-Adrienne Anderson