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Matilda, Matilda [Live]

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Matilda, Matilda [Live] Lyrics

Matilda, Matilda,

Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela
Everybody
Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela
Five hundred dollars, friends, I lost
Woman even sell me cat and horse

Heya!
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela
Everybody
Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela
Once again now
Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela

Well, the money was just inside me bed,
Stuck up in a pillow beneath me head
Don't you know,
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela
Everybody
Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela
Once again now
Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela

Well, me friends, never to love again
All me money gone in vain
heya
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela
Everybody
Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela
Sing a little softer
Matilda, Matilda, I'm feeling such pain
(Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela)
Everybody
Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela

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songmeanings On Feb 06, 2012

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Matilda, Matilda,

Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela
Everybody
Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela
Five hundred dollars, friends, I lost
Woman even sell me cat and horse

Heya!
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela
Everybody
Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela
Once again now
Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela

Well, the money was just inside me bed,
Stuck up in a pillow beneath me head
Don't you know, 
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela
Everybody
Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela
Once again now
Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela

Well, me friends, never to love again
All me money gone in vain
heya
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela
Everybody
Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela
Sing a little softer
Matilda, Matilda, I'm feeling such pain
(Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela)
Everybody
Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela

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2012-02-06 16:33:22

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