Well I've done things I'm not proud of
Broken all the rules of lve
Sentenced five and doin' ten once again
Of all the damage done
It would've been easy just to run
But I stood by and showed my hand like a man
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And I've paid the price for some doghouse rights
Better wake up (wake up)
Let me back in or let me go
Once I was king, kept a black book on a string
But that's changed and rightful too
Since I met you
Oh a brand new man that's what you want (that's what you want)
That's what I am
And baby from this day on (this day on)
I won't smoke or drink or stay out late
You can tell all my friends I moved away
Wake up (wake up) let this fool back in or let me go
Wake up, let this fool back in or let me go.An intimate friend of the Czar was I
A personal friend of the great Nikolai
We practically slept in the same double bed
It was I at the foot and he at the head
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Shootin' with Rasputin
Ate farina with Czarina
Blintzes with the princes and the Czar
Shootin' with Rasputin
Ate farina with Czarina
Sharing tea and herring round the samovar
A friend of the Czar was I all his gracious life
But friendlier still was I with his young wife
We practically slept in the same double bed
Till the Czar kicked me out
And slept there instead
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As the Red flag rose I bid Russia goodbye
It was simply a case of Lenin or I
And it all seems so distant it all seems so far
From those glorious days hanging out with the Czar.
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