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Intro:
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Verse 1:
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Johnnyās in the basement
Mixing up the medicine
Iām on the pavement
Thinking about the government
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The man in the trench coat
Badge out, laid off
Says heās got a bad cough
Wants to get it paid off
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Look out kid
Itās somethinā you did
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God knows when
But youāre doinā it again
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You better duck down the alley way
Lookinā for a new friend
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The man in the coon-skin cap
By the big pen
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Wants eleven dollar bills
You only got ten
Instrumental:
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Verse 2:
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Maggie comes fleet foot
Face full of black soot
Talkinā that the heat put
Plants in the bed but
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The phoneās tapped anyway
Maggie says that many say
They must bust in early May
Orders from the D.A.
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Look out kid
Donāt matter what you did
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Walk on your tiptoes
Donāt try āNo-Dozā
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Better stay away from those
That carry around a fire hose
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Keep a clean nose
Watch the plain clothes
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You donāt need a weatherman
To know which way the wind blows
Instrumental:
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Verse 3:
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Oh, get sick, get well
Hang around a ink well
Ring bell, hard to tell
If anything is goinā to sell
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Try hard, get barred
Get back, write braille
Get jailed, jump bail
Join the army, if you fail
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Look out kid
Youāre gonna get hit
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But losers, cheaters
Six-time users
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Hang around the theaters
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Girl by the whirlpool
Lookinā for a new fool
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Donāt follow leaders
Watch the parkinā meters
Instrumental:
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Verse 4:
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Ah get born, keep warm
Short pants, romance, learn to dance
Get dressed, get blessed
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Try to be a success
Please her, please him, buy gifts
Donāt steal, donāt lift
Twenty years of schoolinā
And they put you on the day shift
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Look out kid
They keep it all hid
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Better jump down a manhole
Light yourself a candle
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Donāt wear sandals
Try to avoid the scandals
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Donāt wanna be a bum
You better chew gum
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The pump donāt work
āCause the vandals took the handles
Outro:
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