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Johnny One Note / One Note Samba

This version of Johnny One Note / One Note Samba was released by Barbra Streisand in 1973.

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Johnny can only play one note
And the note he plays is this
This is just a little samba
Built upon a single note
Other notes are bound to follow
But the root is still
That note
Now this new one is the consequence
Of the one we’ve just concluded
As I’m bound to be the unavoidable
Consequence of you
There’s so many people who can
Talk an’ talk an’ talk
And just say nothing
Nothing
I have used to go the scale
I know that at the end
I’ve come to nothing
Nothing
So I come back to my first note
As I must come back to you
I will pour into that one note
All the love I feel for you
Anyone who wants the whole show
Re mi fa sol la ti do
He would find himself with no show
Better play the note you know
Dah dah dee dee da ah ah …
Better play the note you know !

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The lyrics to Johnny One Note / One Note Samba are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Barbra Streisand in 1973. Elements of the lyrics to Johnny One Note / One Note Samba are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Barbra Streisand and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Johnny One Note / One Note Samba back when it was created.

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