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Mr Tinker Tab

by Harry Nilsson


Mr. Tinker

               
Mr. Tinker was a tailor
                                     
And he had a neon sign above his door
                             
And he cooked his meals and he tried to sleep
                                          
 
In a two room shack directly behind the store

	  
Above his dresser was a picture of his wife who passed awa-aa-ay
    	     
And next to that there was a picture of the boy who couldn’t sta-aa-ay

Mr. Tinker was a jealous man
And he never smiled to the people who came to the store
And he envied them for the lifes they lived and the fun they had
And the colorful things they wore

It isn’t easy for a tailor when there’s nothing left to sew
He wishes he could mend his life but then there’s no one left to show

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Pa-pa-pa-para-pa-pa-pa, poor Mr. Tinker
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Pa-pa-pa-para-pa-pa-pa, poor Mr. Tailor

Mr. Tinker was a tailor
And the tailor has a well respected trade
But who needs Mr. Tinker
When all the suits you buy are already made

P-|a-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa, poor Mr. Tinker
P-|a-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa, poor Mr. Tailor


by: José Duarte