Verse 1:

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	I curse the day she bought me that old bird

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	Squalking,talking,telling everything it ever heard

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	She never would have known about Big Betty Brown and me

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	But he fowled up and told her some things you won't believe





Verse 2:

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	Oh my woman moved out on me today

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	And left that old stool pigeon parrot trembling in his cage

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	I hollered from the front porch and stopped her at the curb

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	And the last thing i gave her was the bird





Chorus:

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	Oh the last thing i gave her was the bird

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	And she returned the favor with a few selected words

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	I don't have to worry now what's being overheard

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	'cause the last thing i gave her was the bird





Verse 3:

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	She sat the cage beside her on the seat

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	And left two streaks of firestone smokin' on the street

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	The neighbors ran for cover they could see she was disturbed

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	'cause the last thing i gave her was the bird





Chorus (x2).



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	Yes the last thing i gave her was the bird