SON OF A PREACHER MAN Hurley & Wilkins Dusty Springfield
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||: / Jim^my Ray^was^a^preach.|.hh er's son^when^his^dad.|
||: / Be^ing good^is^n't^al.|.ww ways ea sy.|
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|.d^dy would vi^sit^he'd^come.|.ee a long / | / When^they gath^ered^round^the |
|.yy No ^mat ter ^how.|.ww hard I^try / | / When^he start ed |
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| par lour talk ing | / cou^sin Jim^my would | take me walk ing |
| sweet talk^ing to me | ~ ^He'd come^and tell^me ev^ry | thing is all right |
| ~ Out^thru^the back yard | we'd go walk ing | ~ And^then^he'd look in |
| ~ He’d^kiss^and tell^me^ev^ry | thing is all right | ~ And^can^I sneak^a^way^a |
| to my ey es | / Lord knows to | my sur prise e^The |
| gain to ni ght | / Lord knows to | my sur prise e^The |
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| on ly one who^could | ev er reach me | / Was^the son^of a | preach er man ~ ^The |
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| on ly boy who^could | ev er teach me | / Was^the son^of a | preach er man^Yes he |
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| was ss ss ~ ^he | wa^s / / / | Ooh hh hh hh |
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1. | Yes he was ss | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / :||
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2. | he was / ooh | yes he was ss | / / How well | I re mem ber | / The look that^was |
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| in his ey^es / | / Steal^ing kiss^es^from^me | on the sly yy | / Tak^ing time to |
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| make time ee ee | / Tell^ing me^that he's | all mi^ne ee / | / Learn^ing from each |
| oth er's know^ing and | Look^ing to see how | much we've gro^wn and^The |
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||: on ly one who^could | ev er reach me | / Was^the son^of a | preach er man ~ ^The |
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| on ly one who^could | ev er teach me | / Was^the son^of a | preach er man^Yes^he^was.|
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|.ss he^was / Ooh | yes he was ss | / / / ~ ^The :||
About this song:
Son Of A Preacher Man is performed by Dusty Springfield and written by Hurley & Wilkins.
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