[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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"To Hollywood, to Hollywood, to Hollywood I'll go,
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And you will know me by the name of Marilyn Monroe,
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The soldiers and the sailors their names I'll never know,
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Will wish that they could have a girl like Marilyn Monroe."
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Marilyn, Marilyn, Marilyn, Marilyn Monroe
[Verse 2]
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"I'll glitter like a candle light for all the world to see,
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Good luck to you who walk alone and fear the dark like me,
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And whether I am lucky or whether I am not,
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I'll fight the blues" said Marylyn "with everything I've got."
Marilyn, Marilyn, Marilyn, Marilyn Monroe
[Verse 3]
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"I hear the hounds behind my back, wherever I may go
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Good luck to every hunted thing" said Marilyn Monroe
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"And when the hunt is over I'd like you all to know
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I led those hounds a merry run" said Marilyn Monroe.
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Marilyn, Marilyn, Marilyn, Marilyn Monroe
[Verse 4]
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"From Hollywood, from Hollywood, from Hollywood I'll go
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You used to know me by the name of Marilyn Monroe
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The soldiers and the sailors their names I'll never know
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How long will they remember me" said Marilyn Monroe.
[Ending]
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Oh! Marilyn, Oh! Marilyn, Oh! Marilyn Monroe
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There never be another one like Marilyn Monroe
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Marilyn, Marilyn, Marilyn, Marilyn Monroe
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