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Verse 1
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On the day we
lost the American Cup
and the glory slipped away,
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I went for a walk in the city
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to see what the man in
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I found a likely looking chap
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who agreed to talk with me.
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and a Billy Go Go tee.
There's news from Newport, sirs,
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as I give it to you straight.
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Australia won the America's Cup,
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we had too little too late.
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The little guy turned the lamps on me,
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all bloodshot red and blue.
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You say we lost the America's Cup,
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did we lose the saucer too?
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He said, didn't I know we lost the cup?
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I'll tell you one thing more
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I didn't know we had the cup
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What the damn thing's for?
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For sailin' boats you put me on
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And them Captain Andy hats
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And they call that rub -a -dub
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Hell, I can walk as fast as that
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You say Australia won the cup
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You tell me what it cost
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The one thing you ain't told me, Jack
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Is who it is that lost
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Yeah, who are the souls who
lost the cup
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and they had to let it go.
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But the New York Yacht Club,
did you say,
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please tell me it ain't so.
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So the New York Yacht Club
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and the flag at half -mast waves.
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Jack, please excuse my lack of tears,
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but some of them cats own slaves.
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They got houses big as Rhode Island.
They got blood as blue as the sky.
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And I hope they want it someday best
to kiss the cup goodbye.
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We had the cup how long you say
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132 years and now
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and filled it with foster beers
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and now the Yacht Club dark and cold
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and now it's draped in black
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I hope it takes them twice as long
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to get the damn thing back yeah
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I feel for all them Yacht Club studs
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is a little guy to me the sight of
That empty trophy case
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must be a heavy sight to see
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It must be hell to lose a cup
Verse 2
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When you had it for so long
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He took his saxophone out of his case
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And he played a sad little song
Outro 1
It went
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