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Otis Redding

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Otis Redding

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A tenner in my pocket but what's it for

You're only going to do what you did before

You gotta cheap smile you got it from the government

You've gotta go to work it feels just like a punishment

Ain't got a job I'm outta my head

I think I'll spend the day in bed

Otis Redding on the dock of the bay

I'll spend the tenner on a takeaway

Otis Redding on the dock of the bay

I'll spend the tenner on a takeaway

A tenner in my pocket but what's it for

You're only going to do what you did before

I wanna have a fag I need some Marijuana

Yeah a David Bowie song that day by the river

Ain't got a job I'm outta my head

I think I'll spend the day in bed

Otis Redding on the dock of the bay

I'll spend the tenner on a takeaway

Otis Redding on the dock of the bay

I'll spend the tenner on a takeaway

A tenner in my pocket but what's it for

You're only going to do what you did before

The telephones ringing there's someone at the door

Yeah I've gotta write a letter I feel it in the weather

Ain't got a job I'm outta my head

I think I'll spend the day in bed

Otis Redding on the dock of the bay

I'll spend the tenner on a takeaway

Otis Redding on the dock of the bay

I'll spend the tenner on a takeaway

Otis Redding on the dock of the bay

I'll spend the tenner on a takeaway

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