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Avaya Inc. (/əˈvaɪ.ə/) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California that provides business communication solutions for customer and team engagement.
Avaya currently services organizations at over 1 million customer locations worldwide with operations divided globally in 5 regions.
In 1995, the company that would become Avaya was a part of Lucent Technologies. Before that it had been a part of AT&T.
In 2000, Lucent's management decided to spin off this business, which was then known as its enterprise communications group for flexibility and accelerated innovation and improved operations. Avaya Inc., with the stock symbol, AV, became an independent company and started trading on the New York Stock Exchange on October 2, 2000.
Many anecdotes and myths surround the origin of this name. The official statement at the time of announcement of the independent entity stated: “Avaya sounds open and fluid -- reflecting a company that’s open-minded and one that provides seamless, effortless interconnections among people and businesses."
If I could see you would you still give me
Just hold me tighter and love me maybe
You'll be my thunder, I don't want saving
You don't fool me, oh no you don't fool me
One look at you it's easy to see
oh no you don't fool me, oh babe you don't fool me
I'll play along, just give it to me
You build me up now, you pull me down
You make me come on yeah, keep me around
I'll want to move you, I surely could
You don't fool me, oh no you don't fool me,
one look at you, it's easy to see oh no
you don't fool me, oh babe you don't fool me,
I'll play along, just give it to me
---instrumental---
Just gotta have you, you drive me crazy, tell me you feel it, your honey give me ...
Here burns the fire, I feel your heat
You don't fool me, oh babe you don't fool me
One look at you, it's easy to see
Oh no you don't fool me, oh babe you don't fool me
I'll play along, just give it to me
Oh no you don't fool me, oh babe you don't fool me
One look at you girl, it's easy to see
Oh no you don't fool me, oh babe you don't fool me
I'll play along, just give it to me