Rod Clements - Hattie McDaniel At The Oscars 1939
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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There's gonna be a party on the big night
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There's gonna be a party, what do you say?
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They'll pick you up in a long black car
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And treat you like a movie star
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Hey Hattie, who's your best friend now?
[Verse 2]
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They're giving you a statue on the big night
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They're giving you a statue, what do you say
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They'll put your picture on the screen
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Say, that's the damnedest thing we've seen
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Hey Hattie, who's your best friend now?
[Verse 3]
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They'll let you bring your honey-baby to the big night
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They'll let you bring your honey, what do you say?
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You and one of your own kind
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To make it look like they don't mind
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Hey Hattie, who's your best friend now?
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
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They're gonna listen to you on the big night
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They're gonna listen to you, what'll you say?
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You can say 'most anything you choose
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Long as you don't sing the blues
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Hey Hattie, who's your best friend now?
[Interlude]
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[Verse 5]
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They're laying you a table for the big night
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They're laying you a table what do you say?
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They're laying your table out of sight
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Just because your skin ain't white
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Hey Hattie, who's your best friend now?
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Hey Hattie, who's your best friend now?
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Hey Hattie, who's your best friend now?