Do You Swear To Tell The Truth The Whole Truth And Nothing But The Truth So Help Your Black Ass Ukul chords by Amanda Palmer

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When I was six years old my sister Alyson
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asked for a stove for her birthday
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A miniature one you could actually cook with
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and my mom was nice and she bought one

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Alyson needed a reason to bake something
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barged in my room and she grabbed me, she said
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I made a cake and we're going next door
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to Sam Weinstein's and you're getting married

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The cake was burned
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it tasted gross
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she made me kiss him
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on the mouth


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Now I am 33
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unmarried happily
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no plans in life and I'm planning to keep it that way
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I do kissing with only one mission
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Do you like to kiss then you have my permission



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And I have already spent too much time
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doing things I didn't want to
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So if I just want to make out all the time
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you can bet your black ass that I'm going to



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When I was nine I was kind of a loser
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the kids in my class didn't like me
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Melanie Chow was the meanest of all
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and my mom made me go to her party

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Nobody talked to me I sat there quietly
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drawing with crayons on a napkin
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a picture of Melanie skewered with a pitchfork
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her legs getting eaten by lions

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The cake was good
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I took some home
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I had a party
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in my room


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Now I have friends and I'm not such a loser
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but I go to bars all the time and I sit there
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and order red wine and I write and I like being alone around people
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yes that's how I like it



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And I've already spent too much time
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doing things I didn't want to
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So if I wanna sit here and write and drink wine
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you can bet your black ass that I'm going to



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Yes I come here often
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Sure I'll have another one
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Yes I come here often
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Sure I'll have another one

but I don't have to talk to you



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When I was 17 I was a blowjob queen
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picking up tips from the masters
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I was so busy perfecting my art
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I was clueless to what they were after
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Now I'm still a blowjob queen (far more selectively)
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I don't make love now to make people love me
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but I don't mind sharing my gift with the planet
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We're all gonna die and a blowjob's fantastic

and


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When I was 25 I was a rock star
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but it didn't pay too well I had to strip on the side
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of the road to get ready for shows and the cars driving by
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baby they'd never know

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what a bargain they'd gotten
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and if I'm forgotten
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I'm perfectly happy with all that has happened
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and I still get laughed at but it doesn't bother me
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I'm just so glad to hear laughter around me



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And I've already spent too much time
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doing things I didn't want to


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So if I want to drink alone
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dressed like a pirate
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or look like a dyke
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or wear high heels and lipstick
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or hide in a convent
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or try to be mayor
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or marry a writer
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smoke crack and slash tires
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make jokes you don't like
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or paint ducks and retire
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