(John Phillips and Michelle Gilliam)

I fell in love with the string man
Who played guitar in a rock and roll band
And every night I抎 watch them play
But it happened at the matinee---
How I squirmed when he bent those strings,
And I screamed when he started to sing
The way he moved and looked so groovy,
Well, ya know, he did something to me
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So I followed the string man
Who played guitar in a string band
And every night I抎 watch them play,
And they got better everyday
Pretty soon, and what do ya think (what do you think),
Everybody抯 saying they抮e the biggest thing (the biggest thing)---
Hit records and making the scene (the scene),
Sexy pictures in the fan magazines
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I strung along with the string man;
He always called me his biggest fan
Though he was kind, I should have known better
Than to think we抎 always stay together
And then one night the show was wild and loud,
And I saw a pretty girl out in the crowd
She waved at him and caught his eye;
The way he looked at her it made me cry
String man---
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