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So Hard Done By

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Interesting and sophisticated
Refusing to be celebrated
It's a monumental big screen kiss
It's so deep it's meaningless

One day you'll just up and quit
Yeah and that'll be it
Just then the stripper stopped in a coughing fit
She said sorry I can't go on with this

Yeah that's awful close
But that's not why
I'm so hard done by

It was true cinema a clef
You should see it before there's nothing left
In an epic too small to be tragic
You'll have to wait a minute
'Cause it's an Instamatic

Yeah that's awful close
But that's not why
I'm so hard done by

Just as the room became more dimly lit
As the MC carried on with it
Now that I've got you all strangely compelled
I'm afraid Candy's not feeling well
Close but that's not why
I'm so hard done by
I'm so hard done by
I'm so hard done by
I'm so hard done by
I'm so hard done by
I'm so hard done by
I'm so hard done by
I'm so hard done by

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black_cow_of_death On Jan 26, 2002

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by canadianJAY

24y ago

A tribute to the late John Candy An ode to the classic films A sentiment for the strippers

close, but that's not it...

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by OpinionHead

20y ago

I love this song...

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by ZamDriver7366

9y ago

There are 2 lines missing in the final verse:

Just then the room became all dimly lit As the emcee carried on with it Now that I've got you all strangely compelled I'm afraid Candy's not feeling well

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by buildatree

21y ago

so hard done by is such a canadian phrase

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