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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Dean Bailin
Dean Bailin
Electric Guitar
Frank Gravis
Frank Gravis
Bass Guitar
Leo Adamian
Leo Adamian
Drums
The Gene Orloff Section
The Gene Orloff Section
String Section
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Rupert Holmes
Rupert Holmes
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Rupert Holmes
Rupert Holmes
Producer
Jim Boyer
Jim Boyer
Mixing Engineer
Eric Block
Eric Block
Assistant Recording Engineer
Ollie Cotton
Ollie Cotton
Assistant Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Over by the window
There's a pack of cigarettes
Not my brand, you understand
Sometimes the girl forgets
[Verse 2]
She forgets to hide them
I know who left those smokes behind
She'll say, oh, he's just a friend
And I'll say, oh, I'm not blind to
[Verse 3]
Him, him, him
What's she gonna do about him?
She's gonna have to do without him
Or do without
Me, me, me
No one gets to get it for free
It's me or it's him
[Verse 4]
Don't know what he looks like
Don't know who he is
Don't know why, she thought that I
Would say what's mine is his
[Verse 5]
I don't want to own her
But I can't let her have it both ways
Three is one too many of us
She leaves with me, or stays with
[Verse 6]
Him, him, him
What's she gonna do about him?
She's gonna have to do without him
Or do without
Me, me, me
No one gets to get it for free
It's me or it's him
[Verse 7]
Oh-ooh oh oh oh-ooh ooh
Oh-ooh oh oh oh-ooh ooh
Oh-oh-oh ooh
Oh-oh-oh ooh
Oh-oh-oh oh-ooh-oh oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, ooh
[Verse 8]
If she wants to, she can have him
Just exactly how we once were
It's goodbye to he and I
Back to me and her without
[Verse 9]
Him, him, him
What's she gonna do about him?
She's gonna have to do without him
Or do without
Me, me, me
No one gets to get it for free
Time for me to make the girl see
It's me or it's
[Verse 10]
Him, him, him
What's she gonna do about him?
She's gonna have to do without him
Or do without
Me, me, me
No one gets to get it for free
Time for me to make the girl see
It's me or it's him
Written by: Rupert Holmes

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