I just want some affection I just want some affection
I don't want no hoochie-coochie mama No back door woman
No queen street sex thing I want a tiger on bended
Knees With all the kindness of the japanese I just
Want some affection Wish I heard voices G A Wish I
Was a telephoneEm D Karen yeah yeah Karen yeah yeah
Karen yeah yeah Karen yeah yeah yeah G A Em D + Arpeggio
I said yeah, oh KarenEm D I know this girl,
This very special girl And she works in a library yeah
Standing there, behind the counter Willing to help
With all the problems That I encounter Helps me find
Hemingway Helps me find Genet Helps me find Brecht
Helps me find Chandler Helps me find James Joyce She
Always makes the right choice She's no queen She's
No angel Just a peasant from the village She's my god,
She's my god She's my G.O.
D., she's my god, yeah, yeah,
She's my G.O.O.D, yeah She's my god now Oh she's my
God now, yeah Karen yeah yeah Karen yeah yeah Karen
Yeah yeah Karen yeah yeah yeah Oh yeah,
Oh Karen For this part still Em D but in arpeggio And
She stands there, in the library Like a nun in a church
Does... Like a nun in a church does.
. She stands there all alone.
.Em D 'cos she gives me something that I just can't
Get now anywhere else 'cos the girls that I see walking
Around Yeah the ones I see walking on the street Are
So damn damn damn damn damn damn cold 'cos they must
Have Eskimo blood in their veins And the one that I
Want I just can't see I can't see her there I can't
See anywhere All right... Karen yeah yeah Karen yeah
Yeah Karen yeah yeah Karen Karen Karen Karen Karen Karen Karen