Cover art for James Brown by Sinéad O’Connor
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James Brown Lyrics

[Intro]
I want you to take me out
I want you to bring me downtown
I want you to, oh show me around
I want you to take me out
I want you to bring me downtown
I want you to, oh yeah
Oh yeah

[Verse 1]
I'm only gonna wear my long jacket
Sit in the corner with a cigarette
Make you see if I'm, oh yeah
And if your friends wanna look
Well that's okay in my book
It really, oh gets me off my hook

[Chorus]
I want you to take me out
I want you to bring me downtown
I want you to, oh show me around
I want you to take me out
I want you to bring me downtown
I want you to, oh yeah

[Verse 2]
I know I may look a little square
I know I look like a wooden chair
But I got, oh yeah
And in the words of James Brown
I'm sorry but I came to get down
I'm sorry but I, oh yeah
[Chorus]
I told you to take me out
I told you to bring me downtown
I told you to, oh show me around
I want you to take me out
I want you to bring me downtown
I want you to, oh yeah

[Verse 3]
I know I may look a little square
I know I look like a wooden chair
But I got, oh yeah
And in the words of James Brown
I'm sorry but I came to get down
I'm sorry but I, oh yeah

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