st Fret
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They raised him up on the instalment plan
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The homely son of a handsome man
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Neither clear-complected nor expected to achieve
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A little bit ragged, a little bit rough
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A little too rowdy for the summer of love
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Still he's looking for a reason to believe
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And he's changed his name from Frank to Valentino
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And he's growing out his sideburns
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And he's wearing platform shoes
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And he's driving on the midnight road from Medford down to Reno
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And he thinks he's found a way to cure his working blues
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He got himself married at seventeen
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She looked real pretty but she talked kinda mean
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He thought they'd work things out in the fullness of time
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Well, twenty years later he's headed south
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The close-range victim of her sawed-off mouth
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Leaving their salad days behind
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And he's changed his name from Frank to Valentino
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And he's growing out his sideburns
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And he's wearing platform shoes
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And he's driving on the midnight road from Medford down to Reno
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And he thinks he's found a way to cure his working blues
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