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You can pull one of my songs right out of thin air. |
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Go ahead and download me, see if I care! |
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In love, war, and cyberspace everything's fair, |
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And it's ok to steal, 'coz it's so nice to share. |
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You're in luck, 'cos last night it happened again, |
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I was feeling creative about twenty to ten. |
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So I sharpened a pencil, then I wore down its end, |
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And now soon you'll have something to share with your friends. |
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It took twenty minutes to write down this song, |
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Tune's public domain, but I didn't do wrong, |
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I chewed up the pencil, and the eraser's all gone, |
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Scratched my head and my balls, but it didn't take long. |
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Songwriting's not so hard, it's well understood, |
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Anyone can do it, and everyone should, |
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And I'm sure you could write and sing something as good, |
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With some balls and a pencil, I'm sure that you would. |
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A PC's like a crowbar, it's only a tool, |
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Music flows like water from a big public pool, |
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But I wanna get paid for my work, but I'm a fool, |
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Because trading and sharing's so awesome and cool. |
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I don't mean to be flip, I don't wanna be pat. |
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And those Metallica guys are all getting too fat! |
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Free information, yeah, what's wrong with that? |
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Something for nothing, that's where it's at-- |
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And those moguls run labels, and you call 'em all crooks, |
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'Cos they crunch the numbers and they cook the books. |
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But I signed that contract, and I got my hand shook, |
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Shaking hands with the devil, it's not as bad as it looks. |
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You can pull one of my songs right out of thin air. |
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bootleg and download me, just see if I care! |
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In love, war, and cyberspace everything's fair, |
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And it's ok to steal, 'coz it's so nice to share. |
