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Artist: The Tiger Lillies
Canonical path: /the-tiger-lillies/three-legged-jake
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Three-legged Jake
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Three-legged Jake
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Three-legged Jake… three-legged Jake
Three-legged Jake it's a mistake, you can tell he's a fake
You know what they say about three-legged Jake in a back alley your legs he'll break
Mean motherfucker who's full of hate, nasty mean and a fake
Your throat he will cut and he'll beat you up three-legged Jake is a mean motherfuck
And after the job the three-legged yob will go home and pray to a three-legged God
Three-legged Jake he's got a dog and one of his legs he's cut off
Now three-legged Jake's got a three-legged dog and in the streets they look pretty odd
The three-legged dog will bite your leg off and spit it out when he coughs
The three-legged dog is a circus freak and in the freakshow he barks when you speak
He sits on the lap of three-legged Jake when in the freakshow money he makes
Three-legged Jake… three-legged Jake… legs he will break…
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