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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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O- de- o- lay- ee- oh- oh
Verse 2
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I was over in Africa mini' for gold
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O- oooh, min' for gold,
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Come along a big lion, caught me in my hole
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O- de- lay- eee, caught me in my hole
Verse 3
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The lion said "Buddy,
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O- da- lay- eee, you plumb outta luck,
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Made a lunge for me, lawd, I had to duck
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O- de- lay- eee, I had to duck
Verse 4
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I jabbed that lion right clean in the jaw
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O- oooh, right clean in the jaw
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dragged him cross the florr
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O- de- lay- eee, dragged him cross the floor
Verse 5
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I changed him up in the back of my truck
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O- oooh, in the back of my truck
had to say about luck?"
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O- de- lay- eee, that you said about luck
Verse 6
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The first place I took him
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was ten miles away,
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O- ooh, ten miles away
"Listen what this lion can say"
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O- de- lay- eee, what this lion can say
Verse 7
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The lion looked round, he started to cty,
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O- ooh, he started to cry,
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Said, "This man punched me
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and he blackened my eye"
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O- da- lay- eee, and he blackened my eye.
Verse 8
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The people got an gr, they
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started to shout,
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O- da- lay- ee- ee- ee- eee
Lion said, "That's what
I was talkin about"
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O- de- lay- eee, oh- oh, lawd, lawd.
Verse 9
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They hauled me up the courthouse stairs,
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O- oooh, up the courthouse stairs
in an old wicker chair
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O- de- lay- eee, in an old wicker chair.
Verse 10
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The monky said, "Guilty",
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and the people all cheered,
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O- oooh, and the people all cheered
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He slammed his gravel,
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said "Twenty five years"
O- da- lay- eee,
Interlude 1
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Verse 11
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I'm in Africa wearin a ball and chain,
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O- de- lay- ee, a ball and chain,
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I'll never mess with a talkin lion again
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O- oooh, talkin lion again
Outro 1
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