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Don't Tell

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Don't Tell

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Don't tell Wizard about this song

Don't you tell him I think what he done was wrong

And that he drinks like a fish

And that's why he fell down

And that I wish to God they would have let him drown

I threw a party last summer

On Lake Pontchartrain

The word was heard, everybody came

I must have been out of my mind to let Wizard in

But that's one mistake I'll never make again

He came there drunk

And he stayed that way

And when he went for a little walk along the quay

The fool tripped a foot, into the water he fell

Hit his head, sunk like lead, done for dead

Oh well

But noooo...some fool went and did the 9-1-1

And now for all the crime that I had done

Was to have a good time, just me and my friends

Wizard went a sued me for negligence

Now what's two hundred....THOUSAND dollars or three?

The judge was corrupt

I'm in bankruptcy

This year I'm having a party but you're gonna have to bring your own

And for God's sake, don't let Wizard know!

Don't tell Wizard about this song

Don't you tell him I think what he done was wrong

And that he drinks like a fish

And his mama too

And his daddy was a bastard that he never knew

And his sister is a mister

And his brother is a freak

And his grandpa joneses

And his grandma tweaks

And his auntie sells fannie

And his uncle is a pimp

I'll do the dozens on his cousins

Til they all go limp

Wizard is a gizzard

His chitlin' ain't chit

And the whole town thinks he's a chickenshit

He ought to think a little more

He ought to drink a little less

Why?

Because money can't buy you friends or happiness

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