Pretty Flamingo bass

Pretty Flamingo

Pretty Flamingo
Written by Mark Barkan; released as a single with "You're Standing By" as the 
B-side, and on the album "Pretty Flamingo".

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                                                  On our      block

Verse:
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                  all of  the guys                call her Flamin-


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              go,                'Cause her   hair        glows


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  like the    Sun,                and her     eyes            can


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  light the   sky.                                When she    walks,

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                  she moves so fine               like a  flamin-


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              go,                 Crimson     dress       that


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  clings so   tight,          she's out of    reach           and


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  out of      sight.                      When    she walks   by,

Bridge:
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                              she brightens   up          the


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  neighbour - hood,                       Oh,     every       guy


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                            would make her    his         if


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  he  just    could,          if  she just    would.


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                  Some sweet  day

Verse:
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                  I'll    her mine,               Pretty  Flamin-
                      make

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              go,            Then every       guy         will


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  en- vy      me,          'cause Pa- ra  -   dise        is


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  where I'll  be.

Break (solo):
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                                                  Pretty  Flamin-


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              go,


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                                                  Pretty  Flamin-


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              go                          When    she walks   by,

Bridge:
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                              she brightens   up          the


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  neighbour - hood,                       Oh,     every       guy


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                            would make her    his         if


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  he  just    could,          if  she just    would.


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                  Some sweet  day

Verse:
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                  I'll    her mine,               Pretty  Flamin-
                      make

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              go,            Then every       guy         will


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  en- vy      me,          'cause Pa- ra  -   dise        is


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  where I'll  be.                                 Sha-la  -   la-

Outro:
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                  la- la- la- la,                 Pretty  Flamin-


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              go,         some day    I'll make her mine,
                                                  Sha-la  -   la-

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                      yes, I  will,   yes, I  will,   I'll make her
                  la- la- la- la,                 Pretty  Flamin-

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  mine.
              go,                                 Sha-la  -   la...
Fade out...

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