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Bad Penny by Rory Gallagher

Well, (1)________ a bad penny you've turned up again,
You're in my sights, there's a (2)________ on my lens.
I think you know how it was when I tripped and fell,
Well, you double-dealed me, (3)________ and I (4)__________ like a shell.

Like a bad penny you've (5)________ lost the glow
But I'm out of reach, your smile's (6)________ gone cold.
Well, it can't (7)________ be like it was then,
Well, don't you (8)________ with me, baby,
Don't you mess with my plans.

Some (9)____________ nights, (10)________ (11)____________ haunts me,
You won't go away.

Well, like a bad (12)__________ you (13)________ turned up in the change,
Try to fit (14)________ the picture, you can't get (15)____________ the frame.
I think you (16)________ I'm still sore, but I'm on the mend,
Times (17)________ (18)________ changed, it won't happen again.

Well, like a bad penny spins (19)____________ and around,
Well, you won't know what's (20)________ wrong when it all falls down,
You got to learn from now on to stop playing games,
You ought to keep on moving, you got to spin on your way.

Some lonely nights, I hear you calling,
Won't you go away?

Well, (21)________ a bad penny you (22)________ turned up again,
You're in my sights, there's a mist on my lens.
I (23)__________ you know how it was when I (24)______________ and fell,
Well, you double-dealed me, baby, I cracked (25)________ a shell.
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