Misc Musicals – Mame - Bosom Buddies (Guitar)

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We'll always be bosom buddies

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friends sisters and pals

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We'll always be  bosom buddies

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If life should reject you there's

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me to protect you me to protect you

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If I say that your tongue is vicious

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If I call you uncouth it's simply that

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Who else but a bosom buddy will sit down and

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tell you the truth?

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Though now and again

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I'm aware that my candid opinion may sting

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Though often my frank observation might scald

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I've been meanin' to

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Tell you for years you should keep your hair natural like mine

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If I kept my hair natural like yours I'd be bald but darling

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We'll always be dear companions

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my crony my mate

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We'll always be harmonizing

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Orphan Annie and Sandy

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Like Amos and Andy if I say that your

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sense of style's as far

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Off as your youth it's simply that

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Who else but a bosom buddy will tell you the whole stinkin' truth?

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Each time that a critic has written your voice is the voice of a frog

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Straight to your side to defend you I rush you know that I'm

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There every time the world makes an unkind remark

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When they say Vera Charles is the world's greatest lush it hurts me

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And if I say your fangs are showing

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Mame pull in your claws

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It's simply that who else but a bosom buddy will notice the obvious flaws?

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I feel it's my duty to tell you it's time to adjust to your age you try to be Peg O' My

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When you're Lady Macbeth exactly how old are you Vera? the truth

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How old do you think?

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Oh I'd say somewhere in between forty and death

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But sweetie

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I'll always be Alice Toklas if you'll be Gertrude Stein

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And though I'll admit

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I've dished you

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I've gossiped and gloated

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But I'm so devoted

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And if I say that sex and guts made you into a star it's simply that

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Who else but a bosom buddy will tell you how rotten you are?

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Just turn to your bosom buddy for aid and affection

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for help and direction

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For loyalty love and for sooth remember that

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Who else but a bosom buddy will sit down and level and

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give you the devil?

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Will sit down and tell you the truth