Joanne used to call me Numbers Man / She never knew just how close to the truth she came / And I am / All night long we threw numbers on the floor

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And I was always told that my number was four
Then some well-educated lady taught me three
Through numbers backwards I fell till she called me five

Joanne called me five

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She called me Numbers Man, Joanne Angelina
She called me Numbers Man, Joanne Angelina
She called me Numbers Man, Joanne Angelina

She called me Numbers Man

Play with numbers, play with trees / Fool around with anything you please / Just don't mess around with Joanne / 'Cause she knows all the numbers / She knows the Numbers Man


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Five'll get you ten, Joanne / Ten shooting stars, one falling man / Leaving even Joanne to be free / And I count five points on those five stars in front of me / Not like those seven points on that badge that she wore / And I was always told that my number was four / And then some misdirected witch insisted it was three / Through numbers backwards I fell till she called me five / Joanne called me five


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