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I got a call from my baby, said she fed up with me
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Said she's found another lover in another city
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Said she's doing fine in New Orleans
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Now she got me pacing, huh, wondering where'd I go wrong
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Got me going in circles like the merry-go-round
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Gonna take the west train to Louisiana in the morning
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Sweet little girl from the ninth ward of New Orleans
The way she dancing, you could see her from Tennessee
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Up under that red dress are legs long as the bayou trees
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She got a golden smile, I know she's the one for me in the room
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She's a-twistin' and a-groovin', shakin' and a-movin'
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She don't know what she doin' to me, I
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Love the way that you dance, and honey, I've got a question:
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Baby, would you be my queen?
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All right now
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Her name was Eartha was her name, I could never forget
Just like the way she dipped on the bronze-tiled floor
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Honey was movin' with ease, each and every step
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So good that baby had my eyes at her glow
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No shiny jewelry, still the brightest thing illuminatin' the room
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That girl is twistin' and a-groovin', shakin' and a-movin'
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She don't know what she doin' to me, I
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Love the way that you dance, and honey, I've got a question:
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Baby, would you be my queen?
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Ooh, ooh, baby
Ooh, ooh, baby
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Ooh, ooh, baby
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Ohh, ooh, baby
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Ooh, that baby got a golden smile, I know she's the one for me in that room
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That girl is twistin' and a-groovin', shakin' and a-movin'
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She don't know what she doin' to me, I
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Love the way that you dance, and honey, I've got a question:
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Baby, would you be my queen?
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Ooh, ooh, baby
Ooh, ooh, baby
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Ohh, ooh, baby
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Ooh, that baby got a golden smile, I know she's the one for me in that room
Written by Josh Block/Todd Bridges/Austin Jenkins/Chris Vivion