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Artist: Alice In Chains
Canonical path: /alice-in-chains/real-thing
Related lyric paths: 6
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Real Thing
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Real Thing
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I messed around as a little boy
I grew up and made the blade my new toy
Friends said boy with what you screwin' around
I said don't concern yourselves and just
Gimme another blast
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Under the hill, with just a few notches on my belt
Take it away, don't want no more
Even if you say just one more
I won't leave you alone, oh
I grew up, went into rehab
You know the doctors never did me no good
They said son you're gonna be a new man
I said thank you very much
Can I borrow fifty bucks?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Under the hill, with just a few notches on my belt
Take it away, don't want no more
Even if you say just one more
I won't leave you alone
'Cause I'm goin' down the steps on a white line
Goin' down the steps on a white line
Goin' down the steps on a white line
Straight to nowhere
I messed around as a little boy
I grew up and made the blade my new toy
Friends said boy with what you fuckin' around I said
Oh my God and here we go again
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Under the hill, with just a few notches on my belt
Take it away, don't want no more, no more
Even if you say just one more
I won't leave you alone
'Cause I'm goin' down the steps on a white line
Goin' down the steps on a white line
Goin' down the steps on a white line
Straight to nowhere
Follow me down
Sexual chocolate baby
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