Intro:
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Verse 1:
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The main door was left wide-open, but I took the other
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There were shouts and screams and meanwhile I was arbitrator
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Sat myself in between he and his replacement mother
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He seemed to be so briefly my good French brother
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But the friendship is no longer on
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Jean is goin', goin', gone
Verse 2:
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He said he'd leave, he leaves me no other option
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But to put my loyalties up for adoption
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And it seems to be to me that weed leaves lie forgotten
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And we used to smoke those leaves, oh so very often
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Often and for very long
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So Jean is goin', goin', gone
Verse 3:
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He'd say he knows his nose could smell that I was smitten
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With that girl from across the road, did you see I was love-bitten?
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He'd tell me that he had my back and then my spine would stiffen
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But I cursed when I learned his word weren't really worth a pittance
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Both of them had lead me on
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Oh Jean is goin', goin', gone
Verse 4:
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I could see in his eyes that I weren't really much motivation
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To inspire him to be kind, I took a mental notation
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These lies no crimes of mine, my truths are on rotation
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To be wise I knew he'd provide all the right quotations
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But his wisdom, it was just a con
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So Jean is goin', goin', gone
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So Jean is goin', goin', gone
Outro:
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