| I’ve took and I take more than one man need
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| A poor boy caught me in the act of my greed
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| I cut up my lies and laid 'em 'neath the floor
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| but I hear the bumpin' from behind the door.
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| Chorus:
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| Everybody knows, everybody knows
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| I’m the mad man with the tell-tale heart
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| everybody knows, everybody knows
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| I’m gonna tear myself apart
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| you know it’s driving me mad (everybody knows)
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| you know it’s driving me mad (everybody knows)
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| you know it’s driving me mad (everybody knows)
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| you know it’s driving me mad (everybody knows)
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| you know it’s driving me mad.
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| even the holy ghost will have to testify
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| but it’s beating so loud, that they don’t know too soon,
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| I did the deed with my silver spoon.
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| Chorus
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| Neighbors call to see if all is well
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| someone keeps knocking and a’ringing my bell
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| they’ve got vulture eyes
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| they judge what they see
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| it’s what i call a crime in the first degree
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| can’t take it no more, can’t take it no more
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| I feel that bumping coming from the floor.
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| Chorus |