Tonart: A major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
we were tearing it up
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at a club down in New Orleans
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When it was over we got half loaded
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and picked up a couple of queens
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We hit every high spot in that town
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and a couple of them were kind of close
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We were at one spot down
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there on the bot tom
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when the law came through the door
Well, they took us
and they booked us
at the county jail
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Lord, what a sight to see
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They had Tennessee pickers
and Bourbon street strippers
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And a murderer in the first degree
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They took us for the judge's pride
And early next morning
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was a swinger right to the end
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He said, I'll tell you, son, just like it is
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And you can tell that to your skinny friend
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He said, don't you be
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messin' with Big John Law
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Son, it just ain't the thing to do
If you don't mess with Big John Law
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Then he ain't gonna mess with you
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Don't you go and give me
no innocent play
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Cause I know it didn't happen that way
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If you and your friend
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had been innocent then
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He'd be out on the street
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today
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Well, he read us up one side
and then down the other
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Cody Laws, he turned blue
He said some big long words
that I'd never heard
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But some four -letter words I knew
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And I'll you a hundred dollars
and get out of Louisiana
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And I never want to see you again
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I'll just tell you once more
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And you can tell it to your
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skinny friend
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Baby, don't you be messin' with Big John Law,
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son, it just ain't the thing to do
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If you don't mess with Big John Law,
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then he ain't gonna mess with you
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An d don't you go
givin' me no innocent plea,
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cause I know it didn't happen that way
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If you and your friend had been innocent,
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then you'd be out on the
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street today
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Don't you be messin'
with big John Law,
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son, it just ain't the thing to do
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If you don't mess with big John Law,
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then he ain't gonna mess with you
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Don't you go and give
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me no innocent plea,
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I know it didn't happen that way
If you and your friend had been
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innocent then,
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you'd be out on the street today
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