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Artist: Jens Lekman
Canonical path: /jens-lekman/be-good
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Be Good
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Be Good
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Plant a tree for all the dead people
Who's been hurt in love and war
When that tree comes in to leave
It's all forgive
and forgiven, forgiven
The forest is getting
smaller and smaller
Be good
Do all the things you should
Be good
Do it as you wish you would
Be good
Do all the things you should
Surprise your alcoholic neighbour
With a party one day, Happy Birthday!
Oh, buy her a pineapple
Same as last year
She'll smile and show you her dog
Her little doggy
Then you give her money
Something like 300 crowns
Be good
Do all the things you should
Be good
Do it as you wish you would
Be good
Do all the things you should
Then you'll look over that day, rewrite Dallas
Because JR was too evil
He was too evil
It's all because of JR that everything
Went crazy with the world
With the world
Make JR nice and all our history
Will be mystery
Remember...
This song could be about Jesus
But it can also be a song about you
This song could be about Jesus
But it can also be a song about you
Be good
Do all the things you should
Be good
Do it as you wish you would
Be good
Do all the things you should
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