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mitzi dupree
(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover) flying to salt lake city seats 3a and b i was down and needed a window but in 3a sat mitzi dupree she said hi i am mitzi the queen of the ping pong where you going boy i said nowhere she said i'm movng on i thought what is this i cannot resist here she is and i've always wanted a girl with a name a name like mitzi dupree she said what do you do i said i'm a singer in a band she said ya i'm an entertainer reached out and took my hand she was going to a mining town way up north to do her show i said it must be cold up there she said depends on who you know oh that look in her eye i can tell you no lies i'm just a man she made me feel like a king in my mind i love you mitzi dupree i said what is this queen of the ping pong business she smiled what do you think it has no connection with china i said oow have another drink well i knew right away that i'd seen her act before in a room behind a kitchen in bangkok and three or four times more in singapore she may not be the first but i know she ain't the worst she was mine but i ran out of time i miss you i love you mitzi dupree my darling mitzi dupree.