Thoroughly Modern Millie movie - Not for the Life of Me lyrics

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MILLIE:<br>

I studied all the pictures in magazines and books<br>

I memorized the subway map too<br>

It's one block north to Macy's and two to Brothers Brooks<br>

Manhattan, I prepared for you<br>

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You certainly are diff'rent from what they have back home<br>

Where nothing's over three stories high<br>

And no one's in a hurry or wants to roam<br>

But I do, and they wonder why<br>

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They said I would soon be good and lonely<br>

They said I would sing the homesick blues<br>

(taking a train ticket from her pocket)<br>

So I always have this ticket in my pocket<br>

A ticket home in my pocket<br>

To do with as I choose<br>

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(tearing the ticket in two)<br>

Burn the bridge, bet the store<br>

Baby's coming home no more<br>

Not for the life of me<br>

Break the lock, post my bail<br>

Done my time, I'm out of jail<br>

Not for the life of me<br>

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A life that's gotta be more than a one-light town<br>

Where the light is always red<br>

Gotta be more than an old ghost town<br>

Where the ghost ain't even dead<br>

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Clap-a-your hands, just-a-because<br>

Don't you know that where I am ain't where I was<br>

Not for the life of me<br>

Boh-doh-dee-oh<br>

Not for the life of<br>

Not for the life of<br>

Not for the life of me!<br>

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