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Well I wake up in the morning,
Tell me baby what do you see?
I see my true love and she walks up and she kisses me,
I say "Cor baby that's really free".

I go walking down to your house,
Tell me baby is it good for me?
Your Ma and Pa, they just wanna kick me,
I say "Cor baby that's really free".

Really free really free,
Really really really really free,
Kick me.

Solo

I tried talking to your mama,
Oh no, that's not good for me,
Every time I go near your baby,
You say "Cor baby that's really free".

I tried singing in the bathroom,
'til my honey put the heat on me,
Every time you move towards my body
I say "Cor baby that's really free".

Really free really free,
Really really really really free,
Kick me.

Solo

So I wake up in the morning,
Tell me baby what do you see?
I see my true love and she walks up and she kisses me,
I say "Cor baby that's really free".

I go walking down to your house,
Tell me baby that's not good for me?
Your Ma and Pa, they just wanna kick me,
I say "Cor baby that's really free".

Really free really free,
Really really really free,
Kick me.

Solo

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gsleith On Aug 17, 2006

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Well I wake up in the morning,
Tell me baby what do you see?
I see my true love and she walks up and she kisses me,
I say "Cor baby that's really free".

I go walking down to your house,
Tell me baby is it good for me?
Your Ma and Pa, they just wanna kick me,
I say "Cor baby that's really free".

Really free really free,
Really really really really free,
Kick me.

Solo

I tried talking to your mama,
Oh no, that's not good for me,
Every time I go near your baby,
You say "Cor baby that's really free".

I tried singing in the bathroom,
'til my honey put the heat on me,
Every time you move towards my body
I say "Cor baby that's really free".

Really free really free,
Really really really really free,
Kick me.

Solo

So I wake up in the morning,
Tell me baby what do you see?
I see my true love and she walks up and she kisses me,
I say "Cor baby that's really free".

I go walking down to your house,
Tell me baby that's not good for me?
Your Ma and Pa, they just wanna kick me,
I say "Cor baby that's really free".

Really free really free,
Really really really free,
Kick me.

Solo

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2006-08-17 01:47:11

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Cover art for Cor Baby (That's Really Free) lyrics by John Otway

by gsleith

20y ago

Only Mull of Kintyre and 25 other better-selling records stopped this being Otways first (and only) number one back in 1979!

He's still trying though

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