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Nellie McKay
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There's a rich boy
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But he doesn't spend
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He just drinks his Poland Spring
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He's a quick boy walkin' round the bend
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Or at home alone reading
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And he wants to do good
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And he wants to do right
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So he does what he should
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But he's got to subscribe
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To the rules of the tribe
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Now you're
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Playin' for the team
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Everybody loves to love a winner
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And you're bustin' the beguine
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Everybody knows you're no beginner
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But ah the bums say oh
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Things ain't what they seem
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You're the respectable member of society
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But you don't have nothin' on me
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You gotcha east side certified pedigree
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But you won't have nothin' you'll see
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Because I warned you
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They would scorn you
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But you never did a thing
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When you go in for the kill
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Everybody wants to make it happen
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And you make a hundred mil
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Everybody wants to scratch your back then
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But ah the freaks say oh
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Things ain't what they seem
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You're a respectable member of society
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But you don't have nothin' on me
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You gotcha uppercrust dinner tux sanctimony
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But you won't have nothin' you'll see
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Because I told you
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They would mold you
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But you never did a thing
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Are you gonna tell
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Are you gonna hide
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Are you
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Gonna join the crowd or split
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Who are you payin'
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Ah what are you sayin'
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Are you gonna sell
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Are you gonna buy
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Are you gonna fizzle out or hit
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Where are you layin'
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Ah what are you sayin'
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He's a grown man
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And he wears a tie
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And his laugh is hard and fast
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He's a old man
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Far before his time
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And his jacket holds a flask
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And he tried to do good
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And he tried
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To do right
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So he did what he could
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But he had to subscribe
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To the rules of the tribe
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Now you're lookin' for a queen
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Everybody talks too much and argues
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And it makes you want to scream
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Don't these little punks
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Realize who they're talkin' to
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But ah the scrubs say oh
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Things ain't what they seem
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You're a respectable member of society
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But you don't have nothin' on me
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You gotcha caterers and prada and your maitre'd
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But you won't have nothin' you'll see
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Because I warned you
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They would burn you
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But you never did a thing
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You're the respectable members of society
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But you don't have nothin on me
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You're the respectable members of society
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You're so respectable
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You're the respectable members of
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You're so respectable
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