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[Verse 1]
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Well, me and my baby was a-walkin' down the road
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Hoppin' along like two little toads
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I looked down at her; I said, "What can we do?"
N.C.
She said, "Let's go someplace where we can bop to the blues!"
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I said I didn't know a place where we could do such a thing
She said, "I know a little place, and, man, it's just a dream!"
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It's just a little spot on the outside of town
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Where we can really pick 'em up and put 'em down!"
DA
So we went, we as gone gone long gone
EDA
Well I'll tell you more about it in the very next verse of my song.
[Verse 2]
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Well we went to a place called "Everybody's"
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I met a little chick called 'the Tennessee Toddy'
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The reason that they called this chick 'Tennessee Toddy"
N.C.
Was she had long legs and a little bitty body,
DA
But that cat could go, yeah, she was gone, gone, gone,
EDA
And I'll tell you all about it in the very next verse of my song.
[Verse 3]
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Well she was long and lean like a green string bean:
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Calm and collected and cool and keen!
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She was all of this and a whole lot more;
N.C.
When baby saw me watching her, she threw me out the door
DA
And we were gone, yeah, we were gone, gone, long gone,
EDA
And I'll tell you more about it in the very next verse of my song.
[Whistled Bridge]
ADAEDA
[Verse 4]
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Well took baby home and she said, "Good night"
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She said, "Be real good and sleep real tight!"
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Well I rushed right back to Everybody's
N.C.
'Cause I had to get acquainted with the Tennessee Toddy!
DA
So we left there, yeah I was gone, gone, long gone,
EDA
And I'll tell you more about it in the very next verse of my song.
[Verse 5]
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I was back there jumpin' with Toddy at three
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When in walked a gent twice as big as me
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He looked real mean and mad and sore;
N.C.
He made for me and I made for the door,
DA
Just a-runnin', yeah, I was gone, gone, long gone,
EDA
And I'll tell you more about it in the very next verse of my song.
[Verse 6]
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Well I didn't know that Toddy had a man of her own
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Made out of nothing but muscle and bone
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I know I'd rather have baby instead
N.C.
But that big ape put knots on my head
DA
So I left there, yeah, I was gone, gone, long gone,
EDA
Well there ain't no more, this is the end of my song