Get Off The Stage

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[Verse 1]
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Me, I’m just one man, up on the 
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stage I make my stand.
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Yes, it’s true, I have a band up 
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here behind me.
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While you, you’ve got your crew 
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and the Secret Service too
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and your wife from the EU, but 
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you’re no good at rhyming.

[Chorus]
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So hey, get down off that stage, 
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we’ve heard everything you’ve got 
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to say.
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You’ve been calling all the shots,
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 you’ve got us all tied up in knots.
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  C’mon man,   get off the 
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stage.

[Verse 2]
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Now me, I spend half of my life in
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 an Econoline van with my band and 
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my wife
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             Am              Am     
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and when she steps up to the mic 
I’ve seen grown men burst out 
crying.
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While you, you’ve got an ugly 
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mouth, you got no heart at all 
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except for your Russian pal.
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You’re an obstruction in 
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democracy’s bowel and the patient is
 dying.

[Chorus]
F    G                  C      
  So come down off that stage, 
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please   get off the stage,
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come on down and take a seat. 
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We’ll put some John Prine on repeat,
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  all we’re asking is   get off 
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the stage.

[Bridge]
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  If you were an automobile you’d 
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be out of gas
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with four flat tires and a smog 
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check that’s never gonna pass.
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  If you were a pair of socks, 
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you’d be full of holes,
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you’re one bad hombre, so, why 
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don’t you just turn around and go 
home.

[Verse 3]
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And maybe do something with that 
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hair, take a walk in the park, 
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visit a renaissance fair.
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You’re headed for prison, you know,
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 but don’t be scared, the first 
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time is the hardest.

[Chorus]
F      G                 C      
  Just get down off that stage, 
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we’ve heard everything you’ve got 
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to say.
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Take a book down off the shelf, 
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try to love somebody else.
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Whatever you do, just   get off 
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the stage.

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