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John Mole

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The Game Show

Double your money.  You may phone a friend.
Pick any number.  Think before you choose.
The century is racing to its end.

Don’t be a spoil-sport.  We shall all extend
our deepest sympathies etcetera if you lose.
Double your money.  You may phone a friend

and if you win the kids will help you spend.
Don’t disappoint them.  How can you refuse?
The century is racing to its end.

Look at the clock.  Come on, do you intend
to duck out now or will you pay your dues?
Double your money.  You may phone a friend.

Perhaps you thought the rules were there to bend.
No such luck, though.  Here’s the latest news -
the century is racing to its end

and this is a fact on which you can depend:
we’ve booked the Ship of Fools for one last cruise
so double your money.  You may take a friend.
The century is racing to its end.

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