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Introdução:
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My older brother Tommy, was a lineman rest his soul
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His job was hanging hot wires, on them high-line power poles
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Every morning bright and early, he'd climb way up in the sky
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And I never understood it, so one day I asked him why
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He said it pays big money, and man I'm into that
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It pays big money, if you're willing to take a chance
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Let me tell you something, sonny, you ought to see my bank account
It pays big money, but he sure can't spend it now
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Well, my late Uncle Charlie, was this demolition hound
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He'd travel across the country, blowin buildings to the ground
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He carried a case of dynamite seemed, everywhere he went
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And he smoked them big long cigars and he'd wink at you and grin
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And said it pays big money, and man I'm into that
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It pays big money, if you're willing to take a chance
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Let me tell you something, sonny, you ought to see my bank account
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It pays big money, but he sure can't spend it now
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Well now the moral of this story boys, is don't go getting yourself killed
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Be kind to your rich relatives, they just might put you in their will
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And that pays big money, yeah and we're I'm into that
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And that pays big money, and big money is where it's at
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Let me tell you something, sonny, you ought to see my bank account
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It pays big money, and we're rolling in it now
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It pays big money, having foolish kin
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It pays big money, guess I owe it all to them
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Let me show you something, sonny, take a look at this bank account
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It pays big money, let's go spend some of it now
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