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Artist: Van Halen
Canonical path: /van-halen/inside
Related lyric paths: 6
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Inside
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Inside
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Man, what kinda crap is this?
I don't know
I, I thought it was really gonna be
Different this time and it is
Yeah, yeh-hey, I don't know, man
We're dyin', we're dyin'
Hey, you got a point there, this is fat
You've actually got three points there
Oh, yeah, hey, what they
Where he'd get that clothes?
Outta your closet, yeah, you mean
You mean my wife's closet
J.C. penny man. J.C. penny
That's what's comin' down on the inside
Don't let this get around to the outside
Now listen here, it's not what you are
Ya see, it's how ya dress
'Cause that's one thing
I learned from these guys, I must confess
Now me look, I got this job not just bein' myself
I went out, I bought some brand new shoes
Now I walk like someone else
Maybe I'm crazy or just too high
But all this here can't be worth my piece of the pie
Sittin' around just gettin' high, temporarily pacified
I guess less is more
Somethin' special, gimme someone new
Some brand new groove to sink my teeth into
Sittin' around just gettin' high, temporarily pacified
Hey, don't touch me there, okay?
Just don't do that, okay, oh, why?
(Just pay my accountant)
That's what's coming down on the inside
Don't let this get around to the outside, please
This ain't no party, this ain't no show
So don't you try to put no mojo
That's what's comin' down (on my butt, anyway)
(I, I, I, I don't feel so good)
That's what's comin' down on the inside on the inside
(I'm serious man, I don't, I don't feel too good)
(Hey, let's blow it out here now man, alright?)
Let this get around, to the outside
(Eddie can't you read lips?)
(I came into this thing with an open mind)
(Mike, Mike, what was that shit you gave me last night?)
That's what's comin' down on the inside
(Get out, operator calling, get out, operator)
Don't let this get around, to the outside
That's what's comin' down on the inside
(Okay, hello, hello?)
(This is the operator)
(Hey Sammy, I found a hat and
A pair of shoes are they yours?)
Don't let this get around, to the outside
That's what's comin' down on the inside
Don't let this get around to the outside
(Hey, is Greg back yet?)
(Alimony, alimony, alimony)
That's what's comin' down on the inside
Don't let this get around to the outside
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