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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 mist on my lens.
I think you know how it was when I (2)______________ and fell,
Well, you double-dealed me, (3)________ and I broke like a shell.

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

Some stormy nights, your (6)____________ (7)____________ me,
You won't go away.

Well, like a bad (8)__________ you (9)________ (10)____________ up in the change,
Try to fit into the picture, you can't get inside the frame.
I think you know I'm still sore, but I'm on the mend,
Times (11)________ (12)________ changed, it won't (13)____________ again.

Well, like a bad (14)__________ spins around and around,
Well, you won't (15)________ what's gone (16)__________ when it all falls down,
You got to learn from now on to stop playing games,
You (17)__________ to (18)________ on moving, you got to (19)________ on your way.

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

Well, like a bad penny you have (20)____________ up again,
You're in my sights, there's a mist on my lens.
I think you (21)________ how it was (22)________ I tripped and fell,
Well, you double-dealed me, baby, I cracked like a shell.
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