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Bring your own lamp-shade, some-where there’s a part-y
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Here it’s nev-er end-in’ can’t re-mem-ber when it start-ed
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Pass a-round the lamp-shade
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there’ll be plent-y e-nough room in jail
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If be-in’ wrong’s a crime, I’m serv-ing for-ev-er
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If be-in’ strong’s your kind, then I need help here with this fea-ther
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If be-in’ a-fraid is a crime, we hang side by side
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At the swing-in’ part-y down the line
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Pound the prair-ie pave-ment, los-in’ prop-o-si-tion
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Quit-tin’ school and goin’ to work and nev-er go-in’ fish-in’
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Wat-er all a-round, nev-er learn-ed how to swim now
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If be-in’ wrong’s a crime, I’m serv-ing for-ev-er
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If be-in’ strong’s your kind, then I need help here with this feath-er
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 -9 8 7
If be-in’ a-fraid is a crime, we hang side by side
7 7 -8 8 -9 9 8 -6 7
At the swing-in’ part-y down the line
7 7 -8 8 -9 8 7 -6 7
At the swing-in’ part-y down the line
Repeat from top
Bring your own lampshade, somewhere there’s a party
Here it’s never endin’ can’t remember when it started
Pass around the lampshade, there’ll be plenty enough room in jail
If bein’ wrong’s a crime, I’m serving forever
If bein’ strong’s is what you want, then I need help here with this feather
If bein’ afraid is a crime, we hang side by side
7 7 -8 8 -9 9 8 -6 7
At the swing-in’ part-y down the line
7 7 -8 8 -9 8 7 -6 7
At the swing-in’ part-y down the line
7 7 7 7 7 -8 8 -9 8 7 -6 7
Catch you down at the swing-in’ part-y down the line
