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That's me to a tee. He might as well have said,"hey Don - ny, come and get your prize."

I could write it in my sleep. But the trick is the de -

li - ver - y. And the diff'-rence that I have is I was there.

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 Made it through. And now my num-ber one pri - or - i - ty is to put a band to -geth-er that did too. Ev 'ry

horn and clar - i - net will be a mil - i - tar - y vet and be play - ing with au - thor - i - ty.

Don - ny No - vit - ski, ac - cor - di - on gen - ius plays wed-dings at sev - en years old.

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Then the pi - a - no like fish take to wa - ter, by nine it’s Fats Wal - ler down cold.

Tunes of my own start to work them-selves out, I'm a twelve - year old Ir - ving Ber- lin.

All of that pro - mise and none of the pay - off, I'm still play - ing wed - dings I

take on my day off from bum - min' a - round drink - in' gin. They say

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 cream ri - ses. But what if no - bo - dy tas - ted? If that

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cream ri - ses then spoils, it's gon - na be wast - ed. But

Don-ny No - vit - ski could be Frank Sin - a - tra if some-one would give him a break.

'Fact I'd be bet - ter 'cause I play pi - an - o and he can't read mus - ic, the fake.

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 Don-ny No - vit - ski spent four years in bat - tle. I car - ry the scars when I croon.

Frank-ie Sin -a - tra skipped out on the arm - y and half the time sings out of tune. He's so flat! They say

cream ris - es but what if no - bod - y knew it? If that

cream ris - es and rots, then some-bod - y blew it.

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Don - ny No - vit - ski is fi - nal - ly look - ing at one lit - tle crack in the door.

Get it to op - en and right there be - hind it is ev - 'ry-thing I'm work-ing for. Pic - ture

Don - ny No - vit - ski the Pol - ish I - tal - ian, croon - in' his tunes and smok - in' his sto - gies.

Gen - u - ine vet of an arm - y bat - tal - ion.

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 Thin tai - lored suits if I cut out per - o - gies.

Bob - by - sox - ers swoon at my charms

backed up by my bro - - thers in arms!

Don-ny No - vit - ski knows this is a life - line, a once a mil - len - i - um shot.

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I'm gon - na take it, take aim at my tar - get and hit it with all that I got.

Don-ny No - vit - ski has strong am - mu - ni - tion plen - ty of tal - ent and burn-ing am - bi - tion whose

songs are au - then tic as well from liv - ing through four years of hell.

Don - ny needs some - thing to block out the mem - 'ries and break this in - som - ni - a

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 spell. They say

cream ri - ses. But what if no - bo - dy tas - ted? If that

cream ri - ses then spoils, it's gon - na be wast - ed. So

make it all worth it and give it a mean - ing, go - ing from Cleve - land to Hol - ly wood screen - ing.

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Don - ny No - vit - ski is gon - na win first prize.

Don-ny No - vit - ski is read - y to rise!

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