Don Mclean - The More You Pay

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the auctioneer said , i’m not through yet ,
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here’s a horse the likes of which you’ve never seen ,
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and the straw hats in the sun , with a face beneath each one ,
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shown doubtful and the auctioneer got mean .
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do you think that you can find a horse like this every day?
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i don’t think there’s any better on this earth ,
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and the more you pay , the more it’s worth .

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then out she came , a snow – white mare ,
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prancin’ and a dancin’ in the silver sun ,
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they watched her from behind , as she did her bump and grind ,
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walkin’ naked , sad and graceful for their fun .
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oh how i wished i could afford that lady painted white ,
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a queen with high nobility of birth ,
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but the more you pay , the more it’s worth .

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my pockets hung with empty blues ,
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silent heels were standin’ on my growin’ pains ,
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my bid was not too bad , two bits was all i had ,
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and the stable boy just handed me the reins .
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well the gallery went wild , and the auctioneer half smiled ,
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what we don’t sell we shoot or give away ,
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’cause the more you pay , the more it’s worth .

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and where was the boy , who rode on her back ,
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with his arms holding tight round her neck?
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how tightly he clung ,
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when they both were young ,
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and fate had not let this poor girl be so
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disgraced .

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