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Robert Palmer - Sailing Shoes / Hey Julia / Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley - 10/13/1979
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Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Sneakin' Sally through the alley
Sneakin' Sally through the alley
[Verse 2]
Sneakin' Sally through the alley
Tryin' to keep her out of sight
Sneakin' Sally through the alley
When up pops the wife
[Verse 3]
I said, "I can't find nothin' wrong with bein' friends
'Cause sometimes she lets me use her car"
She said, "If you can't find nothin' wrong with your mind
You'd better, you'd better find somethin' wrong with her, her"
[Verse 4]
So I began to try to explain
That it just wasn't, just wasn't, just wasn't what she thought
I'd better find somethin' to do with my time
The fact is, whoa, I've just been caught
[Verse 5]
Sneakin' through the alley with Sally (Alley)
Whoa, whoa, do it to me now
[Verse 6]
Get it
Get it
Get a little bit, can you get a little bit?
[Verse 7]
Sneakin' through the alley with Sally (Alley)
Tryin' to get away clean
Sneakin' through the alley with Sally (Alley)
Oh, when up pops the queen
[Verse 8]
I'm tryin' to talk double talk, get myself in trouble talk
Catchin' myself in lies
Catch myself in lies
Mama just looked at me as if I was crazy
She didn't even bat an eye, baby
[Verse 9]
So I began to try to explain
That it just wasn't, just wasn't, what she thought
I'd better find somethin' to do with my time
The fact is, aah, I've just been caught
Sneakin' Sally through the alley
Just been caught
[Verse 10]
Whoa, whoa, sing it, sing it, sing it
Tryin' to talk double talk, get myself in trouble talk
Catchin' myself in lies
Catch myself in lies
Mama just looked at me as if I was crazy (Sally through the alley)
She didn't even bat an eye
[Verse 11]
Sneakin' through the alley with Sally (Alley)
Sneakin' through the alley with Sally, hey
Sneakin' Sally through the alley (Sneakin' Sally through the alley)
Sneakin' Sally through the alley
Written by: Allen Toussaint

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