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Artist: John Lennon
Canonical path: /john-lennon/scumbag
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Scumbag
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Scumbag
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Recorded live at New York's fillmore east, 6 June 1971
Scumbag, scumbag
Scumbag, scumbag
Scumbag, yeah! Scumbag
Scumbag, scumbag, ho!
Scumbag, scumbag
Scumbag, scumbag
Scumbag, scumbag
Scumbag, scumbag
Scumbag, scumbag
Scumbag, scumbag
Scumbag, scumbag
Scumbag, scumbag
Scumbag, scumbag
Scumbag
Scumbag, scumbag, scumbag
Scumbag
Scumbag, scumbag
Scumbag, scumbag
Scum, scum, scumbag
Scumbag, scumbag, scumbag, scumbag
Scumbag, scumbag, scumbag, scumbag
Hey, listen! I don't know whether you can tell what the words are to this
Song but there's only two of them and I'd
Like to have you sing along 'cause it's real easy
Anybody who comes to the fillmore
East can sing this song, the name
Of the song is 'scumbag'
Ok? And all you gotta do is sing scumbag
Right on, brothers and sister let's hear it for the scumbag!
Scumbag! Scumbag! Scumbag! Scumbag! Scumbag!
Scumbag! Scumbag! Scumbag! Scumbag!
Scumbag, scumbag, scumbag, scumbag, scumbag
Scumbag, scumbag, scumbag, scumbag, scumbag
Scumbag, scumbag, scumbag, scumbag, scumbag
Scum
Scumbag, baby, scumbag
Scumbag
Scumbag, baby
Scumbag, baby, (scumbag, baby)
Scumbag, baby, (scumbag, baby)
Scumbag, (scumbag, baby)
Scumbag, (scumbag, baby)
Scumbag, oh, yeah, (scumbag)
Scumbag (scumbag)
Scumbag (scumbag) (who's scumbag?)
Hey, scumbag, (scumbag)
Scumbag (scumbag)
Scumbag (scumbag)
Scumbag, scumbag
Scum, uh!
Scumbag
Scumbag
Scumbag (scumbag)
Scumbag
Scumbag
Scumbag
Scumbag
(Oh, oh, oh, yeah)
Good night, boys and girls!
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