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    Heartburn

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    I let the hotdog slip onto the floor

    And watched it gayly bouncing out the door

    And heard it yell "Baby, please don't get sore,

    "But I ain't comin' back no more."

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    And then the lemons started rolling `round

    They said something `bout being homeward bound

    And with their dispositions bright and gay

    They packed their bags and rolled away.

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    And then the kitchen seemed to come alive.

    The whole house started rockin' from side to side

    Everything from the peanuts to the steaks

    Put on their coats and went away.

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    Sometimes I sit and wonder `bout that day

    When all my food stood up and went away

    I miss them more that I could ever say

    I wish I'd tried to make them stay.


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