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Artist: Carly Simon
Track: You’re So Vain

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(Son of a gun)

He walked into the party
Like you were walking on to a yacht
Your hat strategically dipped below one eye
Your scarf, it was apricot
You had one eye in the mirror
As you watched yourself Gavotte
And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner
They'd be your partner, and

You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You're so vain (you're so vain)
I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you?
Don't you?

Oh, you had me several years ago
When I was still quite naive
When you said that we made such a pretty pair
And that you would never leave
But you gave away the things you loved
And one of them was me
I had some dreams, they were clouds in my coffee
Clouds in my coffee, and

You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You're so vain (you're so vain)
I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you?
Don't you?
Don't you?

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

You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You're so vain (you're so vain)
I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you?
Don't you?

Well I hear you went up to Saratoga
And your horse, naturally, won
Then you flew your Learjet up to Nova Scotia
To see the total eclipse of the sun
Well, you're where you should be all the time
And when you're not, you're with some underworld spy
Or the wife of a close friend
Wife of a close friend, and

You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You're so vain (so vain)
I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you?
Don't you?
Don't you? Now

You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You're so vain
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Carly Simon – You're So Vain
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Faster Pussycat – You're So Vain
You walked into the party / Like you were walking onto a yacht / Your hat strategically dipped below one eye / Your scarf it was apricot / You had one eye in the mirror / As you
Mina – You're So Vain
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Smokie – You're So Vain
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Sabrina Carpenter – You're So Vain (Carly Simon Cover)
[Verse 1] / You walked into the party like you were walking onto a yacht / Your hat strategically dipped below one eye / Your scarf it was apricot / You had one eye in the mirror
Liza Minnelli – You're So Vain
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The Feeling – You're So Vain
You walked into the party / Like you were walking on to a yacht / Your hat strategically dipped below one eye / Your scarf it was apricot / You had one eye in the mirror as / You
Marilyn Manson (Ft. Johnny Depp) – You're So Vain
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[Verse 1] / Well you walked into the party / Like you were walking onto a yacht / Your hat strategically dipped beneath one eye / Your scarf, it was apricot / You had one eye on
Queens of the Stone Age – You're So Vague
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John Barrowman – You're So Vain
You walked into the party / Like you were walking onto a yacht / Your hat strategically dipped below one eye / Your scarf it was apricot / You had one eye in the mirror / As you
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The Big Pink (Ft. Lily Allen) – Dominos / You're So Vain
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Carly Simon "You're So Vain": Son of a gun. You walked into the party like you were walking onto a yacht Your hat strategically d...
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Genius Q&A
Q:Who wrote “You're So Vain” by Carly Simon?
“You're So Vain” by Carly Simon was written by Carly Simon.
Q:When did Carly Simon release “You're So Vain”?
Carly Simon released “You're So Vain” on November 16, 1972.
Q:Who wrote “You're So Vain” by Faster Pussycat?
“You're So Vain” by Faster Pussycat was written by Carly Simon.
Q:Who wrote “You're So Vain” by The Feeling?
“You're So Vain” by The Feeling was written by Carly Simon.
Q:Who wrote “You're So Vain” by The Mountain Goats?
“You're So Vain” by The Mountain Goats was written by Carly Simon.
Q:Who wrote “You Re so Vain” by Brenda Asnicar & Charly García?
“You Re so Vain” by Brenda Asnicar & Charly García was written by Carly Simon.
Q:Who wrote “Dominos / You're So Vain” by The Big Pink?
“Dominos / You're So Vain” by The Big Pink was written by Carly Simon, Robbie Furze & Milo Cordell.
Q:What is the most popular song by Carly Simon?
The most popular song by Carly Simon is “You're So Vain” with a total of 272K page views.
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Italian translation of lyrics for You're So Vain by Carly Simon. Son of a gun You walked into the party like you were walking onto a yacht Your hat strate...
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Genius Artists
Carly Simon
Carly Elisabeth Simon is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and children’s author born on June 25, 1943, in The Bronx, New York City.
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Carly Simon has 374 songs with the most popular being You're So Vain, About You and Had Enough.
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Thanks to her contralto voice and hits like “You're So Vain” and “Haven't Got Time for the Pain,” pop singer Carly Simon has been called “one of the ...