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"Run for your life if you can, little girl". “I used to be cruel to my woman, I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved.” “Bang clang Maxwell’s silver hammer came down upon her head/Bang clang Maxwell’s silver hammer made sure that she was dead.” “Please listen to me if you wanna stay mine/I can’t help my feelings, I go outta my mind/I’m gonna let you down, and leave you flat/cause I told you before/you can’t do that."
"Sympathy for the devil."
BTW -- "Brown Sugar" is about whipping slaves. “Gold Coast slave ship bound for cotton fields/Sold in a market down in New Orleans/Scarred old slaver, know he’s doing alright/Hear him whip the women just around midnight.”
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