Trapper Man

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The trapper man’s in from the 
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hinterlands
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Filth and grease on his clothes 
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and hands
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From the outermost, the 
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farthermost
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Comes riding in to the trading 
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post


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Got a pack horse loaded up with 
hides
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Steps in to see the man inside
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‘I got furs, skins, a little meat 
too
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Here, I got a good piece just for 
you’


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‘You take this home to give the 
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wife’
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The trapper draws his skinning 
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knife
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Now the fat man’s desk is a 
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butcher’s block
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The trapper cuts the meat and 
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talks


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‘You’re gonna lose your shirt on a 
nowhere man
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Lose your shirt in nowhere land
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Back out there is my country
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And you best let this trapper be 
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the trapper
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You need the trapper man (the 
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trapper man)
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The trapper man


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If you don’t want to be where 
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lightning strikes
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Better let me work the way I like
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You don’t want to know how I fill 
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my sacks
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You go out there you don’t come 
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back


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You got nature red in tooth and claw
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And you ain’t got no rule of law
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And if you don’t know nature’s way
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All that’s gonna stop you being 
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the prey is the trapper
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You need the trapper man (the 
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trapper man)
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The trapper man


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You wanna wear them gems and rings

You wanna show off them shiny things

Shake your moneymaker, bro

Where the movers and the shakers go


You wanna go do what you do

Let the gold and silver come to you

So leave the dirty work to me, yeah
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You best let this trapper be the 
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trapper
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You need the trapper man (the 
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trapper man)
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The trapper man


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When he’s done his thing and gone 
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his way
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The fat men light cigars and say
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“Holy smokes did you see that?
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We all made money on the trapper 
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cat”


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Sit back in their big ass chairs
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Say, “Boys, that is the man right 
there”
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I’m the lifeline for your big soft 
ass
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It’s the trapper puts it in first 
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class, the trapper
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You need the trapper man (the 
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trapper man)
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The trapper man