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REm DO
I've got a bitter pot of je ne sais quoi
REm DO
Guess what--I'm stirring it with a monkey's paw
SIb LA
Since I saw you coming out of my barber's shop
REm DO
In that skimpy little halter top
Did you light the candles? Did you put on "Kind of Blue?"
Did you use that Ivy League voodoo on him, too?
He thinks he'll be alright but he doesn't know for sure
Like every other unindicted coconspirator
FA DO
Mata Hari had a house in France
REm DO
Where she worked on all her secret plans
SIb LA
Men were falling for her sight unseen
REm DO REm DO
She was a genius
There's a a face in every window of the Songwriters' Neighborhood
Everybody's your best friend when you're doing well--I mean good
The poet who lived next door when you were young and poor
Grew up to be a backstabbing entrepreneur
FA DO
Albert Einstein was a ladies' man
REm DO
While he was working on his universal plan
SIb LA
He was making out like Charlie Sheen
REm
He was a genius
SIb LA
When you dropped me and you staked your claim
REm FA7
On a V.I.P. who could make your name
SIb LA
You latched on to him and I became
REm
A minor inconvenience
Your protégé don't care about art
I'm the one who always told you you were smart
You broke my heart into smithereens
And that took genius
You and the barber make a handsome pair
Guess what--I never liked the way he cut your hair
I didn't like the way he turned your head
But there's nothing I can do or say I haven't done or said
Everybody needs a place to stand
And a method for their schemes and scams
If I could only get my record clean
I'd be a genius
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