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[ar:Billy Bragg] |
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[al:MermaI'd Avenue: The Complete Sessions] |
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Meanest Man - Billy Bragg |
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If the folks next door to me wasn't so good |
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I'd do all the mean things anybody could |
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I'd drink and I'd gamble and I'd louse around |
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I'd be the meanest man in this whole town |
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If I hadn't seen the light in that old ladys eyes |
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I'd try to be a man that you would hate and despise |
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I'd rave and I'd rant and I'd scream and yell |
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And I'd chase all my neighbours from here to hell |
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If I hadn't heard those kI'ds laugh playing games |
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I'd have nervous fits and I'd go insane |
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I'd turpentine cats and tin can dogs |
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And I'd smother people to death insI'de of holler logs |
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If the people around me wasn't so nice |
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I'd freeze my heart into a cake of ice |
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I'd steal money from soldiers and working folks too |
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I'd lend you a dollar and take back two |
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If my wife dI'dnt kiss me the way she does |
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I'd carry four or five daggers and three or four guns |
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I'd shoot craps and ramble and hang out late |
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And I'd steal baby buggies and cadillac eights |
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If my friends dI'dnt write me those letters I get |
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I'd get to be a dictator and be the worse one yet |
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I'd be the only smart bird and youd all be fools |
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All I'd send you all away to war |
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And I'd set home and rule |
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If it wasn't for them songs I hear all of you sing |
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I'd put a crown on my dome and I'd say Im your king |
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I'd kI'dnap some and blackmail others |
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I'd peddle black market stuff and rob sisters and brothers |
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If it wasn't for your talking I hear along the street |
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I'd be the oneriest man that you ever dI'd meet |
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I'd preach the gospel of hate and I'd drink your blood |
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But I can't be this bad because my folks are too good |
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But I can't be this bad because my folks are too good |
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I'd preach the gospel of hate and I'd drink your blood |
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