Guide for the married man    (intro)    (sample)

 

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1. What we need in the world today

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    is a guide for the married man.

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    Some simple thing that in every way

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    would provide for the harried man.

 

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    Help him not to worry, assist him to relax,

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    help him slow his heart rate, and spare him cardiacs.

 

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2. Such a guide would in many ways

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    turn the tide for the married man

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    enable husbands to fill their days

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    as only the married can.

 

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    Every man would praise it, it's such a splendid plan,

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    someday soon we shall point with pride

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    to the guide  - - - for the married man.

 

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3. By the side of the married man

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    'tis the lady who shares his life.

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    You help the bride of the married man

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    by removing the husband's strife.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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    Every wife who's truthful, who treasures married bliss

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    must keep her husband youthful. What better way than this?

 

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4. Each and every device we know,

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    should be tried for the married man.

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    But who can question the debt he'll owe,

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    to the guide for the married man.

 

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    List things universal from Pittsburgh to Japan,

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    and every man can be satisfied

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    by the guide  - - - for the married man.

 

    (The Turtles)