Big Time Operator (CHORDS) by Keith Hampshire

[INTRO]~
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I started off a newsboy on a paper!

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For a time I worked in an elevator!

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But all the time I knew that later,,

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I would be a higher rater,, finally,,

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a big time operator!


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For a while I drove an excavator!!
(yes I did!)

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Then I became a wine and brandy waiter!
(yeah!)

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A builder,, then a decorator,, later on,,

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an estimator,, I'm gonna be a big time

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operator!!(yeah,, yeah!)


[INTERLUDE]~
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(Oh,, ya got to believe in me,,

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I got ambition,, yeah!)


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I took a job as an airline navigator!

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Then I became a crime investigator!
(yes,, I did!)

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For a time,, a commentator,, then I was an

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administrator,, I'm gonna be a big time

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operator!

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yeah,, yeah!!yeah,, yeah,, yeah,, yeah,, yeah,,

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yeah,, yeah!)


[OUTRO]~
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Well,, don't you know I'm gonna be in the
big time,, baby..?!!a big time operator!
I'll have a whole lotta people workin' for me!

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Gonna have a chauffeur,, an upstairs maid!!(Woooo!!)
Big limousine,, racing sports car,, 50 foot yacht,,
race horses!

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I'm gonna give new meaning to the word 'big'!!yeah!!
A big time operator now,, now!!