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TRUE LOVE # 0003

Baby, I'd do anything for you.

Climb the highest mountain,
swim the deepest desert,
drink the darkest draft... you got it, baby, all you have to do is ask.

My love for you's so great, I'd swallow the biggest spitball.

I'd argue with the toughest motherfucker.

I'd douse myself in the sweetest honey, then go looking for the nearest beehive.

You hear what I'm saying? I'm crazy about you, baby.

I'm gonna go out, right now, wearing the loudest outfit, go on over to the dirtiest part of town, and tell them that none of them is quite so fancy as me. I'll do this just for you, baby, just for you.

Give me the word, and I'll take candy from a baby. Not just any baby, mind, but the Prince of Saire, that reactionary country where stealing from children is tantamount to suicide. Just say so, baby, and I'm off to Saire. Try me. Try me!

I love you, baby, this you can't deny. I've got the stuff for you. I luv you, baby, hear me? You got it, baby?

Now shut up and get me that damned pizza.