| There’s a house on the street where I live, yeah
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| The people there advertise what they give you
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| I’m not gonna hang around
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| Oh, I’m gonna keep off that awful ground, ah ha ha ha ha ha
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| There’s a place in the town
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| Where the people put you down
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| They won’t let you away
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| They’re gonna get you someday
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| They’re gonna get you someday
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| Mother used to say to me
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| «It's not a very, very nice place to be»
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| Don’t tag around, don’t bring disgrace
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| Oh, keep away from that awful place
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| You gotta keep away from that place
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| People there like to cut you down
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| Oh yeah, they take your money but they don’t like you
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| Hangin' around
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| Hangin' around
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| People won’t know where you been
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| They won’t know you, you look so clean
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| Oh, walk on by, don’t you dare stop
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| Oh, please keep away from that barber shop
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| There’s a place in the town
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| Where the people put you down
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| They won’t let you away
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| They’re gonna get you someday
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| They’re gonna get you someday |