Intro
 
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Verse 1
 
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   Dorothy was a waitress on the promenade 
 
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   She worked the night shift 
 
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   Dishwater blonde, tall and fine 
 
          Em 
She got a lot of tips 
 
Verse 2
 
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Well, earlier I'd been talkin' stuff in a violent room 
 
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   Fightin' with lover's past 
 
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I needed someone with a quicker wit than mine 
 
            Em 
Dorothy was fast 
 
Verse 3
 
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Well, I ordered - "Yeah, let me get a fruit cocktail, I ain't to hungry" 
 
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   Dorothy laughed 
 
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She said - "It sound like a real man tome (you're kinda cute) 
 
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You're kinda cute, you wanna take a bath?" (Do you wanna, do you wanna?) ... Bath? 
 
Verse 4
 
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Oh, I said - "Cool, but I'm leavin' my pants on (What you say?) 
 
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Cuz I'm kinda goin' with someone" 
 
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She said - "Sound like a real man to me 
 
                 Em 
Mind if I turn on the radio?" 
 
Bridge 1
 
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"Oh, my favorite song," she said 
  
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And it was Joni singing, "Help me, I think I'm falling" 
 
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(Drring) The phone rang and she said 
 
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"Whoev er's calling can't be as cute as you" 
 
Em 
    Right then and there I knew I was through (Dorothy Parker was cool) 
 
Interlude
 
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Verse 5
 
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My pants were wet, they came off 
 
But she didn't see the movie cuz she hadn't read the book first 
 
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Instead she pretended she was blind 
 
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An affliction brought on by a witch's curse 
 
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Dorothy made me laugh (ha ha, ha ha) 
 
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I felt much better so I went back to the violent room 
 
(Tell us what you did, what you did) Let me tell you what I did 
 
Bridge 2
 
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   I took another bubble bath  with my pants on 
 
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  All the fighting stopped 
 
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Next time I'll do it sooner 
 
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This is the bal  lad of Dorothy Parker 
 
Outro
 
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