Come out Virginia don't let me wait
Catholic girls start much too late
But sooner or later it comes down to fate
I might as well be the one

Well they showed you a statue and told you to pray
They built you a temple and locked you away
But they never told you the price you would pay
For things that you might have done

Only the good die young (4 times)

You might have heard I run with a dangerous crowd
We ain't too pretty we ain't too proud
We might be laughing a bit too loud
But that would never hurt no one

Come on Virginia show me a sign
Send up a signal I'll throw you the line
The stained-glass curtain you're hiding behind
Never lets in the sun

And only the good die young
Only the good die young (3 times)

You got a nice white dress and a party on your confirmation
You got a brand new soul and a cross of gold
But Virginia they didn't give you quite enough information
You never count on me, when you consider drive insane on me

They say there's a heaven for those who'll wait
Some say it's better but I say it ain't
I'd rather laugh with the butcher and cry with the saints
Smokers have much more fun

And only the good die young
Only the good die young (3 times)
Yeay!

You say your mother told you all that I could give you was a reputation
She never cared for me, but did she ever say a prayer for me

Come out, come out, Virginia don't let me wait
Catholic girls start much too late
Sooner or later it comes down to fate
I might as well be the one

Only the good die young (4 times)

Only the good, yeah
Only the good die young (3 times)

Yeay! Yeay! Yeay! Yeay! Huh!

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UPTOWN GIRL

Uptown girl
She's been living in her uptown world
I bet she never had a backstreet guy
I bet her mamma never told her why

I'm gonna try for an uptown girl
She's been living in her white bread world
As long as anyone with hot blood can
And now she's looking for a downtown man, that's what I am

And when she knows what she wants from her time
And when she wakes up she makes up her mind
She'll see I'm not so tough
Just because I'm in love

with an uptown girl
You know I've seen her in her uptown world
She's getting tired of her high-class toys
And all her presents from her uptown boys, she's got a choice

Uptown girl
You know I can't afford to buy her pearls
But maybe someday when my ship comes in
She'll understand what kind of guy I've been, and then I'll win

And when she's walking she's looking so fine
And when she wakes up she makes up her mind
She'll see I'm not so tough
Just because I'm in love

with an uptown girl
She's been living in her white bread world
As long as anyone with hot blood can
And now she's looking for a downtown man, that's what I am

Uptown girl (uptown girl) my uptown girl (uptown girl) you know I'm in love
with an uptown girl (uptown girl) my uptown girl (uptown girl) you know I'm in love
with an uptown girl (uptown girl) yeay yeay uptown girl (uptown girl)
My uptown girl (uptown girl)

Let me hear ya, motherfucker! One more time, yeay! Yeay! Yeay!

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