The Girl Can't Help It
The Animals
Written by Bobby Troup; released on the album "The Animals".
Intro:
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She can't help it, the girl can't help it,
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she can't help it, the girl can't help it
Verse:
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She walks by, the men folks get engrossed,
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(she can't help it, the girl can't help it)
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She winks her eye, bread slices turn to toast,
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(she can't help it, the girl can't help it)
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She's got a lot of what they call the most.
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The
(she can't help it, the girl can't help it)
Refrain:
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girl can't help it, she was born to please,
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And if I
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go to her on my bended knees,
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'Cause
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I'm ho - pin' ob - vious- ly that
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some day the answer will be The
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girl can't help it, she's in love with me.
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She'd
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mess around with eve - ry mother's son,
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If I
(she can't help it, the girl can't help it)
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give good she'll say "Ba - by, well
her lovin',
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done!" She'd
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make my grandpa feel like twenty-one.
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The
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Refrain:
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girl can't help it, she was born to please,
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And if I
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go to her on my bended knees,
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'Cause
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I'm ho - pin' ob - vious- ly that
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some day the answer will be The
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girl can't help it, she's in love with me.
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(she can't help it, the girl can't help it)
Verse (solo):
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Verse:
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She can't help it, the girl can't help it,
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she can't help it, the girl can't help it,
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She can't help it, the girl can't help it,
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she can't help it, the girl can't help it,
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She can't help it, the girl can't help it,
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she can't help it, the girl can't help it,
Verse:
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She walks by, the men folks get engrossed,
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(she can't help it, the girl can't help it)
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She's got a lot of what they call the most,
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She can wink
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her eye, the bread slices turn to toast.
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The
(she can't help it, the girl can't help it)
Refrain:
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girl can't help it, she was born to please,
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And if I
(she can't help it, the girl can't help it)
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go to her on my bended knees,
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'Cause
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I'm ho - pin' ob - vious- ly that
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some day the answer will be The
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girl can't help it, she's in love with me.
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(she can't help it, the girl can't help it)
Outro:
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