“China Doll”
words & music by Hank Slaughter
www.hankslaughter.com

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Dyed blond hair and a store-bought tan
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That’s usually enough to tempt any man (but I say)
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That’s just fine for a picture on the wall
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But she ain’t got nothing on my china doll

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Don’t need no Barbie doll to win my heart
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‘Cause she can’t turn my head with her plastic parts
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Don’t want no girl built like Ally McBeal
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I dig a body like an hourglass as long as it’s real

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Porcelain skin is what I need
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And a body built for comfort, not made for speed
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That little girl makes me feel ten feet tall
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And I’ll do anything to keep my china doll

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She don’t need a lot of make-up to cover her face
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She belongs on a shelf in curio case
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And if I was G.I. Joe I would go AWOL
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And break out the glass to steal my china doll

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Drew Barrymore is the Angel for me
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And when Trisha or Wynonna sings my knees get weak
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Even in black and white I’m diggin’ Mae West
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And I love Marilyn Monroe in that white cotton dress

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Porcelain skin is what I need 
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And a body built for comfort, not made for speed
C         F        D       G
So if I gotta rob Peter to pay off Paul
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Then that’s what I gotta do to keep my china doll


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Peaches and cream is what I dig
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Waitin’ for me backstage at the end of the gig
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Don’t need no swimsuit model, ha! I’m telling y’all
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All I want next to me is my china doll

      G            C        D     G
All I need next to me is my china doll