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Artist: Michael Stanley
Canonical path: /michael-stanley/subterranean-homesick-blues
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Subterranean Homesick Blues
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Subterranean Homesick Blues
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Johnny's in the basement
Mixing up the medicine
I'm on the pavement
Thinking about the government
The man in a trench coat
Badge out, laid off
Says he's got a bad cough
Wants to get paid off...
Look out kid
Don't you keep it all hid
God knows when
But you're doin' it again
Look out kid
Don't you keep it all hid
God knows when
But you're doin' it again
Get born, keep warm
Hang around an ink well
Ring bell, hard to tell
If anything is goin' to sell
Please her, please him, buy gifts
Babe don't you steal them
Twenty years of schoolin'
And they put you on the day shift...
Look out kid
Don't you keep it all hid
God knows when
But you're doin' it again, now
Look out kid
Don't you keep it all hid
God knows when
But you're doin' it again
Walk on your tip toes
Don't try, 'No Doz'
Try to stay away from those
That play around a fire hose
Keep a clean nose
Wash your clean clothes
You don't need a weather man
To know which way the wind blows...
Look out kid
Don't you keep it all hid
God knows when
But you're doin' it again, yeah
Look out kid
Don't you keep it all hid, now
God knows when
But you're doin' it again, now
Look out kid
Don't you keep it all hid
God knows when
But you're doin' it again, again now
Look out kid
Don't you keep it all hid
God knows when
But you're doin' it again,
you're doing it again now
Look out kid
Don't you keep it all hid
God knows when
But you're doin' it again, now
Look out kid
Don't you keep it all hid
God knows when
But you're doin' it again
Look out kid
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Michael Stanley performs "Subterranean Homesick Blues", and this lyric page sits inside the Michael Stanley catalog on LyroVerse.
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