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Artist: Paul Kelly
Canonical path: /kelly-paul/tighten-up
Related lyric paths: 6
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Tighten Up
Read Tighten Up lyrics by Paul Kelly on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Tighten Up
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Mama don't like your holey shoes
Scrapping in the back yard - 4 Be 2
Daddy's smokin' motor didn't make it up the hill
Mama can't pay, she got one day, she got no money for the telephone bill
Tighten up, tighten up
Everything falls apart
Mama says to Papa now - Where ya been?
Papa says I'm sorry mama, I got a full skin
Mama get excited, she having an attack
Mama spins round, daddy hits the ground
For too long now she been taking up the slack
Tighten up, tighten up
Everything falls apart
Jimmy coming home now - see him on the run
Mama's going through the cupboards--looking for a can
Daddy on a ladder, T.V. on the blink
Mama can't think, Daddy's feeling like a drink
And all the dirty dishes Lord are piling up the sink
Tighten up, tighten up
Everything falls apart
Tighten up, tighten up
Everything falls apart
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Paul Kelly performs "Tighten Up", and this lyric page sits inside the Paul Kelly catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to (You Can Put Your) Shoes Under My Bed and Adelaide with a short reason for opening each page next.
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