[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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She's got another fantasy
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She lives in flat number twenty three
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Picked first prize for carnival queen
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And now she takes her clothes off
[Verse 2]
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Collects the covers of her magazines
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She longs to be another teenage dream
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The problem is she's turning forty three
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She still takes her clothes off
[Chorus]
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She got the nickname Porta Bubble Joan
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They found her dead, dead as nails at home
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And she said I'm gonna be another Marilyn
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Bleach my hair and get real thin
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And everybody's gonna wanna dance with me
[Verse 3]
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She loves to have her little fantasies
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She longed to be the wife of Jimmy Dean
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But Jimmy's head sits in Jimmy's knees
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She loves to take her clothes off
[Verse 4]
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Police are looking 'round at twenty three
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They found her hanging from her swollen feet
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They saw her dance last in Woolworth Street
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She loved to take her clothes off
[Chorus]
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She got the nickname Porta Bubble Joan
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They found her dead, dead as nails at home
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And she said I'm gonna be another Marilyn
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Bleach my hair and get real thin
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And everybody's gonna wanna dance with me
[Outro]
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Everybody wants to be the carnival queen
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Everybody wants to be the carnival king or queen
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We all read the books
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She takes her clothes off
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One by one
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Off again