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The middle of the road ■ is trying to find ■ me
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I'm standing in the middle of life with my plans behind me ■ ■
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Well I got a smile ■ for everyone I meet ■ ■ ■
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As long as you don't try dragging my bay
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Or dropping the bomb on my street
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Now come on baby ■ ■
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Get in the road ■ ■
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Oh come on now ■
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In the middle of the road yeah ■ ■ ■
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In ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ the middle of the road ■ ■ you see the darnedest things ■
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Like fat guys driving 'round in jeeps through the city
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Wearing big diamond rings and silk suits
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Past corrugated tin shacks full up with kids
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Oh man I don't mean a Hampstead ■ nursery
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When you own a big chunk of the bloody third world
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The babies just come with the scenery
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Oh come on baby ■
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Get in the road ■
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Oh come on now ■
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In the middle of the road yeah
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The middle of the road ■ is no private culdesac ■ ■
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I can't get from the cab to the curb
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Without some little jerk on my back ■
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Don't harass me can't you tell
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I'm going home I'm tired as hell
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I'm not the cat I used to be
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I got a kid I'm thirtythree
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Baby ■ ■ get in the road ■ ■
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Come on now ■
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In the middle of the road
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