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Ballad of Old What’s His Name Lyrics by Richard Swift

The Atlantic Ocean

2009

I wake up when I want to
And I hope for the best
I got three friends and a lover
But I just don't know about the rest
(Please, don't you cry anymore)
Let the record, let the record go on
Well, I really don't know
I said I really don't know
I wasn't talkin' 'bout your mother
I wasn't talkin' 'bout your mother
Well, well, I said I really don't know
Oh no, I really don't know
Yeah, I was talkin' 'bout your mother
Yeah, I was talkin' 'bout your mother
(Please, don't you cry anymore)
Let the record, let the record go on
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Richard Swift

Richard Swift

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"Ballad of Old What’s His Name" appears on "The Atlantic Ocean" in 2009.

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