50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
by Paul Simon
(Tunelist)

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     "The problem is all inside your head", she said to me
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   The answer is easy if you take it logically
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   I'd like to help you in your struggle to be free
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There must be    fifty ways to leave your lover


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     She said it's really not my habit to intrude
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Furthermore, I hope my meaning won't be lost or misconstrued
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But I'll repeat myself at the risk of being crude
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There must be    fifty ways to leave your lover
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 Fifty ways to leave your lover

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 Just slip out the back, Jack   Make a new plan, Stan
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 You don't need to be coy, Roy   Just get yourself free
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 Hop on the bus, Gus   You don't need to discuss much
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 Just drop off the key, Lee   And get yourself free


[REPEAT CHORUS]


 
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     She said it grieves me so to see you in such pain
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I wish there was    something I could do to make you smile again
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   I said I appreciate that and would you please explain
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About the fifty ways

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     She said why don't we both just sleep on it tonight
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And I believe in the morning you'll begin to see the light
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And then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right
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There must be    fifty ways to leave your lover
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Fifty ways to leave your lover


[CHORUS X2]


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