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Bad Penny by Rory Gallagher

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

Like a bad penny you've (4)________ lost the glow
But I'm out of reach, your smile's sure (5)________ cold.
Well, it can't (6)________ be like it was then,
Well, don't you fool (7)________ me, baby,
Don't you mess (8)________ my plans.

Some stormy nights, your (9)____________ haunts me,
You won't go away.

Well, like a bad (10)__________ you have turned up in the change,
Try to fit into the picture, you can't get (11)____________ the frame.
I (12)__________ you (13)________ I'm still sore, but I'm on the mend,
Times sure have changed, it won't happen again.

Well, (14)________ a bad penny (15)__________ around and around,
Well, you won't (16)________ what's (17)________ wrong (18)________ it all falls down,
You got to learn (19)________ now on to (20)________ playing games,
You ought to keep on moving, you got to spin on your way.

Some (21)____________ nights, I hear you calling,
Won't you go away?

Well, like a bad penny you have (22)____________ up again,
You're in my sights, there's a mist on my lens.
I think you (23)________ how it was (24)________ I tripped and fell,
Well, you double-dealed me, baby, I cracked (25)________ a shell.
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