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(Come on all you pretty women, with your hair a hanging down,)

Come on all you pretty women, with your hair a hanging down,

(Open up your windows cuz the Candyman's in town.)

Open up your windows cuz the Candyman's in town.

(Come on boys and gamble, roll those laughing bones,)

Come on boys and gamble, roll those laughing bones,

(Seven come eleven, boys I'll take your money home.)

Seven come eleven, boys I'll take your money home.

(Look out, look out the Candyman,)

Look out, look out the Candyman,

(Here he comes and he's gone again.)

Here he comes and he's gone again.

(Pretty lady ain't got no friend till,)

Pretty lady ain't got no friend till,

(The Candyman comes around again, around again.)

The Candyman comes around again, around again.

(I come from Memphis where I learned to talk the jive,)

I come from Memphis where I learned to talk the jive,

(When I get back to Memphis be one less man alive.)

When I get back to Memphis be one less man alive.

(Good morning Mr. Benson, I see you're doing well,)

Good morning Mr. Benson, I see you're doing well,

(If I had me a shotgun I'd blow you straight to hell.)

If I had me a shotgun I'd blow you straight to hell.

(Look out, look out the Candyman,)

Look out, look out the Candyman,

(Here he comes and he's gone again.)

Here he comes and he's gone again.

(Pretty lady ain't got no friend till,)

Pretty lady ain't got no friend till,

(The Candyman comes around again, around again.)

The Candyman comes around again, around again.

(Come on boys and wager if you have got the mind,)

Come on boys and wager if you have got the mind,

(If you've got a dollar boys, lay it on the line,)

If you've got a dollar boys, lay it on the line,

(Hand me my old guitar, pass the whiskey round,)

Hand me my old guitar, pass the whiskey round,

(Won't you tell everybody you meet that the Candyman's in town.)

Won't you tell everybody you meet that the Candyman's in town.

(Look out, look out the Candyman,)

Look out, look out the Candyman,

(Here he comes and he's gone again.)

Here he comes and he's gone again.

(Pretty lady ain't got no friend till,)

Pretty lady ain't got no friend till,

(The Candyman comes around again, around again.)

The Candyman comes around again, around again.

(Right outside this lazy summer home)

Right outside this lazy summer home

(you ain't got time to call your soul a critic no.)

you ain't got time to call your soul a critic no.

(Right outside the lazy gate of winter's summer home,)

Right outside the lazy gate of winter's summer home,

(wond'rin' where the nut-thatch winters,)

wond'rin' where the nut-thatch winters,

(wings a mile long just carried the bird away.)

wings a mile long just carried the bird away.

(Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world,)

Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world,

(the heart has it's beaches, it's homeland and thoughts of it's own.)

the heart has it's beaches, it's homeland and thoughts of it's own.

(Wake now, discover that you are the song that the mornin' brings,)

Wake now, discover that you are the song that the mornin' brings,

(But the heart has it's seasons, it's evenin's and songs of it's own.)

But the heart has it's seasons, it's evenin's and songs of it's own.

(There comes a redeemer, and he slowly too fades away,)

There comes a redeemer, and he slowly too fades away,

(And there follows his wagon behind him that's loaded with clay.)

And there follows his wagon behind him that's loaded with clay.

(And the seeds that were silent all burst into bloom, and decay,)

And the seeds that were silent all burst into bloom, and decay,

(and night comes so quiet, it's close on the heels of the day.)

and night comes so quiet, it's close on the heels of the day.

(Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world,)

Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world,

(the heart has it's beaches, it's homeland and thoughts of it's own.)

the heart has it's beaches, it's homeland and thoughts of it's own.

(Wake now, discover that you are the song that the mornin' brings,)

Wake now, discover that you are the song that the mornin' brings,

(But the heart has it's seasons, it's evenin's and songs of it's own.)

But the heart has it's seasons, it's evenin's and songs of it's own.

(Sometimes we live no particular way but our own,)

Sometimes we live no particular way but our own,

(And sometimes we visit your country and live in your home,)

And sometimes we visit your country and live in your home,

(sometimes we ride on your horses, sometimes we walk alone,)

sometimes we ride on your horses, sometimes we walk alone,

(sometimes the songs that we hear are just songs of our own.)

sometimes the songs that we hear are just songs of our own.

(Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world,)

Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world,

(the heart has it's beaches, it's homeland and thoughts of it's own.)

the heart has it's beaches, it's homeland and thoughts of it's own.

(Wake now, discover that you are the song that the mornin' brings,)

Wake now, discover that you are the song that the mornin' brings,

(But the heart has it's seasons, it's evenin's and songs of it's own.)

But the heart has it's seasons, it's evenin's and songs of it's own.

(Right outside this lazy summer home)

Right outside this lazy summer home

(you ain't got time to call your soul a critic no.)

you ain't got time to call your soul a critic no.

(Right outside the lazy gate of winter's summer home,)

Right outside the lazy gate of winter's summer home,

(wond'rin' where the nut-thatch winters,)

wond'rin' where the nut-thatch winters,

(wings a mile long just carried the bird away.)

wings a mile long just carried the bird away.

(Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world,)

Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world,

(the heart has it's beaches, it's homeland and thoughts of it's own.)

the heart has it's beaches, it's homeland and thoughts of it's own.

(Wake now, discover that you are the song that the mornin' brings,)

Wake now, discover that you are the song that the mornin' brings,

(But the heart has it's seasons, it's evenin's and songs of it's own.)

But the heart has it's seasons, it's evenin's and songs of it's own.

(There comes a redeemer, and he slowly too fades away,)

There comes a redeemer, and he slowly too fades away,

(And there follows his wagon behind him that's loaded with clay.)

And there follows his wagon behind him that's loaded with clay.

(And the seeds that were silent all burst into bloom, and decay,)

And the seeds that were silent all burst into bloom, and decay,

(and night comes so quiet, it's close on the heels of the day.)

and night comes so quiet, it's close on the heels of the day.

(Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world,)

Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world,

(the heart has it's beaches, it's homeland and thoughts of it's own.)

the heart has it's beaches, it's homeland and thoughts of it's own.

(Wake now, discover that you are the song that the mornin' brings,)

Wake now, discover that you are the song that the mornin' brings,

(But the heart has it's seasons, it's evenin's and songs of it's own.)

But the heart has it's seasons, it's evenin's and songs of it's own.

(Sometimes we live no particular way but our own,)

Sometimes we live no particular way but our own,

(And sometimes we visit your country and live in your home,)

And sometimes we visit your country and live in your home,

(sometimes we ride on your horses, sometimes we walk alone,)

sometimes we ride on your horses, sometimes we walk alone,

(sometimes the songs that we hear are just songs of our own.)

sometimes the songs that we hear are just songs of our own.

(Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world,)

Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world,

(the heart has it's beaches, it's homeland and thoughts of it's own.)

the heart has it's beaches, it's homeland and thoughts of it's own.

(Wake now, discover that you are the song that the mornin' brings,)

Wake now, discover that you are the song that the mornin' brings,

(But the heart has it's seasons, it's evenin's and songs of it's own.)

But the heart has it's seasons, it's evenin's and songs of it's own.