[Intro]
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You take off from work a bit early,
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The boss doesn't care if you stay.
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The guard with the key has to check your ID,
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But he'd just as soon blow you away.
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The cops have stopped ten miles of traffic,
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They're sorry for all the delay.
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No need for alarm as they're waving their arms,
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But they'd just as soon blow you away.
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Two pretty blondes in a Porsche,
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Their bumper says 'We Love L.A.'
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They look pretty fair but they're crazy out there,
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They'd just as soon blow you away.
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You got in some trouble in high school,
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But you feel like a new man today.
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You keep to yourself because anyone else.
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Would just as soon blow you away.
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You're standin' in front of the teller,
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She's countin' out all of your pay.
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There's twenties and ones and there's guards with their guns,
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And they'd just as soon blow you away.
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And one old ex-con at the station,
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Fixes flats in the back of the bay.
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He winks and he jokes and he borrows a smoke,
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But he'd just as soon blow you away.
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You like the new girl at the hotel,
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She drops your room key in the tray.
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No words will pass through the bullet-proof glass,
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'Cause she'd just as soon blow you away.
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You climb up the stairs every evening,
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To your room right above the cafe.
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There ain't much mystique but you pay every week,
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Cause they'd just as soon blow you away.
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And you turn out the light that you read by,
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You pray that you're one of the few.
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When you're in with the Lord there's just one reward,
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And they'd just as soon make it come true.
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The mattress is mildewed and lumpy,
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But you fall fast asleep where you lay.
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Under the lump there's a twenty gauge pump,
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Cause they'd just as soon blow you away.