Lenny Bruce

Csus4 C

[Verse 1]
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Lenny Bruce is dead but his 
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spirit's livin' on and on
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Never did get any Golden Globe 
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award, never made it to 
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Sy-na-non
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He was an outlaw, that’s for sure
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More of an outlaw than yo--u 
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ever were
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Lenny Bruce is gone but his 
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spirit’s livin’ on and on

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[Verse 2]
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Maybe he had some problems, 
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maybe some things that he 
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couldn’t work out
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But he sure was funny and he 
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sure told the truth and he knew 
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what he was talkin’ about
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Never robbed any churches nor cut 
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off any babies’ heads
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He just took the folks in high 
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places and he shined a light in
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 their beds
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He’s on some other shore, he 
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didn’t wanna live anymore

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[Verse 3]
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Lenny Bruce is dead but he 
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didn’t commit any crime
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He just had the insight to rip 
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off the lid before its time
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I rode with him in a taxi once
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Only for a mile and a half, seemed
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 like it took a couple of months
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Lenny Bruce moved on and like the
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 ones that killed him are gone

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[Verse 4]
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They said that he was sick 
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’cause he didn’t play by the rules
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He just showed the wise men of his
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 day to be nothing more than fools
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They stamped him and they labeled 
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him like they do with pants and 
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shirts
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He fought a war on a battlefield 
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where every victory hurts
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Lenny Bruce was bad, he was the 
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brother that you never had
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Lenny Bruce was bad, he was the 
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brother that you never had