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Bobbitt

Capo 2nd fret


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Oh, my wife's name is Lorena,

And you really shoulda seen her.
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"She is beautiful" is what I always said.

My name is John Wayne Bobbitt.

I work hard at my job; it 
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Was my right to have a little fun in bed.


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Well, she wasn't in the mood then, 

And I must've gotten rude then,
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And I guess I got a little out of line.

I was finished; I was sleeping 
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When Lorena came in creeping,
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And she took something important that was mine.

Yes, my angry little wifey
Took her little kitchen knifey,
And she did a little homemade surgery.
She took the knife I bought her,
She made me a little shorter,
And she took off with the very best of me.

She jumped into her Toyota,
She took off with my promoter,
And she knew how much I missed her when she'd gone.
Then Lorena told a coppy
Where she'd flung my little floppy,
And a very kindly doctor sewed it on.

I got back my little buddy,
It's my little understudy,
And it's going to work, according to reports.
But it cowers and it cringes
And it's tender round the hinges,
So I guess I'd better keep it in my shorts!

(Words and music by Tom Paxton, 1994)

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