“I used to be such a sweet, sweet thing
'Til they got a hold of me.
I opened doors for little old ladies,
I helped the blind to see.”
"No More Mr. Nice Guy" (co-written with Michael Owen Bruce) - Full lyrics online http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3596 - YouTube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZnhuOEUFXA. <br class="br">Billion Dollar Babies (1973) <br class="br">Context: I used to be such a sweet, sweet thing<br>'Til they got a hold of me.<br>I opened doors for little old ladies,<br>I helped the blind to see.<br>I got no friends 'cause they read the papers.<br>They can't be seen with me and I'm gettin' real shot down<br>And I'm feeling mean. No more Mister Nice Guy,<br>No more Mister Clean,<br>No more Mister Nice Guy,<br>They say he's sick, he's obscene.
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