You're so vain (1972)    (video)    (midi) 

 

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1. You walked into the party, like you were walking onto a yacht,

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    your hat strategically dipped below one eye, your scarf it was apricot.

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    You had one eye in the mirror, as you watched yourself gavotte.

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    And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner,

 

    they'd be your partner, and....

 

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    You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you,

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You're so vain, I'll bet you think this song is about you.

 

Don't you? Don't you?

 

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2. You had me several years ago, when I was still quite naive.

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    Well, you said that we made such a pretty pair,

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    and that you would never leave.

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    But you gave away the things you loved, and one of them was me.

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    I had some dreams, they were clouds in my coffee,

 

    clouds in my coffee, and ....        + CHORUS

 

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3. Well, I hear you went up to Saratoga, and your horse naturally won.

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   Then you flew your Lear jet up to Nova Scotia,

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    to see the total eclipse of the sun.

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   Well, you're where you should be all the time,

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    and when you're not, you're with

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    some underworld spy or the wife of a close friend,

 

    Wife of a close friend, and ....

 

+ CHORUS     + CHORUS   

 

    (Carly Simon)