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Funny Girl

from Ships in the Night by Vicki Lawrence

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    Actress Vicki Lawrence poses with her new husband Al Schultz after the couple was married at her home 11/16

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Vicki Lawrence - "Funny Girl" - Track 7 from 1974's "Ships in the Night" LP. This was the third 45 released from the album. The B-Side was "It Could Have Been Me" from the "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" LP. Some argue that "Funny Girl" was Side-B and "It Could Have Been Me" was played by DJs as the featured track. However, "It Could Have Been Me" had already been a successful single for another singer in Australia by the time "Funny Girl" was released. This was the third single released, following 45 "Ships in the Night" and "Mama's Gonna Make It All Better."

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I didn't need you when you found me
You barely fit into my world
But you were sweet and hung around me
And you called me your funny girl
I did my part and made you happy
I make you laugh and that brought you up
You pat my head instead of squeezing my body
A patted head ain't quite enough

I brought you through the trials and tribulations
Silly fool, now, don't you know a funny girl gets sad
Somewhere along the line you sure forgot to touch me
I needed touching mighty bad

Chorus:
Funny girl's got feelings, too
She's not made just to entertain you
Come on, let's hear you laugh
(Well) A funny girl gets sleepless nights
And cries of loss of appetite
Now, mister, how do you like that?
You hurt your funny girl

You'd hold my hand into the party
Until you heard some kitten purr
You'd dropped my hand
And next thing that I knew, darling
I'd see you standing next to her

You'd hold my hand in front
Of friends to prove you like me
Playing sympathetic tricks upon my head
And then because you were so unbearably handsome
You'd thought I'd leap into your bed

Repeat Chorus

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from Ships in the Night, track released June 1, 1974
Written by Bobby Russell

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Vicki Lawrence Inglewood, California

Vicki Lawrence is an American actress, comedian, and pop singer known for the many characters she originated on The Carol Burnett Show, where she appeared from 1967 to 1978, for the entire series run. One such character, "The Family" matriarch Mrs.Thelma Harper, later was the central character of the television situation comedy series Mama's Family on NBC and, later, in first-run syndication. ... more

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