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I carried my heart unbuttoned

Across the lonely stage

Where all the fools and actors

Circled like birds of prey

 But careful with the rose, she knows

Every word in every scene

O please be good to me

I let the liar have me

The forger and the cheat

Love is the legal tender

They tried to steal from me

Tell me how you lose

What you wanna give away for free

O please be good to me

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When love's light is shining elsewhere

The cold is hard to shake

But when it's shining on you

The winter melts away

I don't want to know how so

I just want to feel the heat

O please be good to me

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O please be good

O please be good

Please be good to me