Key: F
Introduction:
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A man was bothering me today and I
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wanted to tell him to go away
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But I stood and listened to him anyway, okay
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He said he didn't want to shoot that man
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And it was his thing and I wouldn't understand
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And he had done all that he can, okay
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I guess his body was as good as mine
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And just like me he was wasting time
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Turning over every stone to see what he could find, okay
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He was filling tank and he asked for money
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I lied and said I didn't have any
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Then my conscious took over and I gave him a hand full of change
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Don't do a thing
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Don't do a thing
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Stay right there
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You'll lie there
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You'll lie there
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You don't seem to care
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I know its hard to survive in the city
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When the beautiful days don't look so pretty
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And you don't have windows to keep the night away, okay
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He was dirty and stink and just a bit crude
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But I didn't say that because that's kind of rude
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And he didn't care what I had to say in the first place, okay
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I wanted to say you're a big disgrace
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To the world,yourself, and the human race
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And reach back and pop him one good time in the face, okay
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No its not okay and I didn't do that
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But I gave him a smile and tipped my hat
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And told him to have a very nice rest of the day
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Don't do a thing
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Don't do a thing
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Stay right there
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You'll lie there
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You'll lie there
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You don't seem to care
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I guess he bought some booze or shit
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And sure that bothers me a little bit
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but it's his life and I can't tell him how to live it
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As he turned and started to go his way
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I tried to think of something wise to
Say like
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Don't do a thing
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Don't do a thing
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Stay right there
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You'll die there
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You'll die there
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Cause you don't seem to care
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You'll die there
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You'll die there
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You don't seem to care