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Johnny's in the basement, mixing up the medicine |
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I'm on the pavement, thinking about the government |
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The man in the trench coat, badge out, laid off |
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Says "He's got a bad cough, wants to get it paid off" |
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Look out kid, it's somethin' you did |
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God knows when but you're doin' it again |
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You better duck down the alley way, lookin' for a new friend |
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The man in the coon-skin cap, in the big pen |
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Wants eleven dollar bills, you only got ten |
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Maggie comes fleet foot face full of black soot |
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Talkin' that the heat put, plants in the bed but |
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The phone's tapped anyway, Maggie says that many say |
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"They must bust in early May, orders from the D.A" |
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Look out kid, don't matter what you did |
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But walk on your tip toes don't tie no bows |
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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 don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows |
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Oh get sick, get well, hang around a ink well |
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Ring bell, hard to tell, if anything is goin' to sell |
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Try hard, get barred, get back, write Braille |
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Get jailed, jump bail, join the army if you fail |
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Look out kid, you're gonna get hit |
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But losers, cheaters, six-time users |
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Hangin' around the theaters |
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Girl by the whirlpool, lookin' for a new fool |
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Don't follow leaders, watch your parkin' meters |
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Oh get born, keep warm, short pants, romance |
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Learn to dance, get dressed, get blessed, try to be a success |
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Please her, please him, buy gifts, don't steal, don't lift |
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Twenty years of schoolin' 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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Don't wear sandals, try to avoid the scandals |
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Don't wanna be a bum you better chew gum |
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The pump don't work, 'cause the vandals took the handles |