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Artist: The Residents
Canonical path: /the-residents/here-come-the-bums
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Here Come The Bums
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Here Come The Bums
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Here come the bums
They're after me
Can't you see me coming
They're gonna get me
Gonna get me
"We're taking you to the shadow land,
and only you know we're after you!"
I don't wanna go
Asking for dimes
Inside my mind
Every night I see them
When I'm sleepin'
When I'm sleepin'
Sometimes I think
That I'm a bum
But nobody told me
How can I tell?
How can I tell?
"We're taking you to the shadow land,
and only you know we're after you"
I don't wanna go.
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