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All my friends are married

Every Tom and Dick and Harry

You must be strong if you’re to go it alone

Here’s to the bachelors and the Bowery bums

Those who feel that they’re the ones

That are better off without a wife

Cause I like to sleep until the crack of noon

Midnight howling at the moon

Going out when I want to

And I’m coming home when I please

Don’t have to ask permission

If I wanna go out fishing

Never have to ask for the keys

I’ve never been no Valentino

But I had a girl who lived in Reno

Left me for a trumpet player

Well, it didn’t get me down

He was wanted for assault

And though he said it weren’t his fault

You know the coppers rode him right out of town

I’ll be sleeping until the crack of noon

Midnight howling at the moon

And I’ll be going out when I want to

Coming home when I please

Don’t have to ask permission

If I wanna go out fishing

Never have to ask for the keys

Yeah, you see I’m kinda selfish about my privacy

Now as long as I can be with me

We get along so well I can’t even believe it

I love to chew the fat with folks

I’ll be listening to all your dirty jokes

I’m so thankful for these friends I do receive

I’ll be sleeping until the crack of noon

Midnight howling at the moon

And I’ll be going out when I want to

Coming home when I please

Don’t have to ask permission

If I wanna go out fishing

Never have to ask for the keys, no

Hey, I got this girl I know, man, and I just

She’s been married several times and

I don’t wanna end up like her

I mean, she’s been married so many times

She’s got rice-marks all over her face

Yeah, you know the kind

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