SONG: Dirty Rotten Number
ARTIST: David Yazbek
From the musical, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Intro:
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You may be master of
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Your chosen occupation
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With several strings of
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Polo ponies in your stable
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You must remember all the same
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That at the crux of every game
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Is knowing when it's time
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To leave the table.
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And it's important to be artful
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in your exit
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No turning back, you must accept
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the con is done,
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But now and then, you might recall
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The moments when you had it all
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You had the charm,
You had the talent
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And, my God, you had some fun.
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It was a ball, it was a blast
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And it's a shame it couldn't last,
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But ev'ry chapter has to end,
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You must agree.
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It was a joy, it was sublime,
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A splendid way to earn a dime
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For a dirty rotten guy like
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me.
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When you look back on all your
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conquests and deceptions
F
You see a thousand flawless pearls
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set in a strand,
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Laid out from Biarritz to Rome,
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Each one as perfect as a poem
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An opus to be proud of though it's
A7(no3)
written in the sand.
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It was a ball, it was a thrill,
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You had the grace, you had the skill
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To know exactly what to say
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And what to do.
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You wouldn't trade a single day
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Or have it any other way
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A dirty rotten guy like
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me.
It's almost a religion
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The need to take a pigeon
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And to play your part
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With elegance and zest
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But when it's time to fold the act
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And your duffel bag is packed
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Take comfort in the fact
That you've been
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working with the best.
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It was a blast, it was a ball
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It was a gas, I loved it all
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'Cause I was hanging with the man
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And that's a plus.
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You've got the verve
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You've got the guts
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You've go the nerve
You've got the nuts!
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I guess we're dirty rotten crooks,
Dirty rotten shnooks
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Dirty rotten guys
Oh
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It was a trip, it was a blast
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It was a shame it couldn't lsat
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'Cause it was almost
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Too prodigious to discuss.
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So we got screwed for fifty grand
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I think we still deserve a hand
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Dirty
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Rotten
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Guys
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Like us!
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