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[Verse 1]
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I was standing on the corner, I was waiting for a ride
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I saw Tom Cruise coming, with a lady by his side
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I said, "Hey Tom, is that your wife or your mother?"
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He said, "Step up and meet my significant other"


[Verse 2]
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He said, "Folks like me, we're not like you
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We got more money, we got better things to do
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We don't say 'friend', we don't say 'lover'
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The name of the dame is significant other"


[Verse 3]
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Hey junior mister, living on your own
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They're whispering in the corridors, they're raking up old bones
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Storm's gonna break, you're gonna need some cover
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Better get yourself a significant other


[Verse 4]
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'Cause the red-top rags and the glossy magazines
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The flies on the wall are gonna wanna peep behind the scenes
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And they'll decide who gets between the covers
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See, there's me, there's you and there's significant others


[Chorus]
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Who you with when you go downtown?
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Who you with when the word gets 'round?
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Who's that keeping you out all night?
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Who's that making you feel alright___?


[Verse 5]
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And a man needs a maid and a heart needs a home
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Like Peters and Lee, like Robson and Jerome
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Lenin and the Beatles and Marx and the Brothers
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Everybody needs their significant other


[Instrumental]
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[Chorus]
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Who you with when you go downtown?
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Who you with when the word gets 'round?
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Who's that keeping you out all night?
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Who's that making you feel alright___?


[Verse 6]
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Well now, Clark needed Lois and Janet needed John
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And what you don't know is, you're gonna miss me when I'm gone
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And someday soon you're gonna wake up and discover
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Everybody needs a significant other


[Outro]
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Everybody needs a significant other
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Everybody - a significant
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