Don't Download This Song

Album: Straight Outta Lynwood (2006)
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  • Once in a while maybe you will feel the urge
    To break international copyright law
    By downloading MP3's from file sharing sites
    Like Morpheus or Grokster or LimeWire or KaZaA
    But deep in your heart you know the guilt would drive you mad
    And the shame would leave a permanent scar
    'Cause you start out stealing songs, and then you're robbing liquor stores
    And selling crack and running over school kids with your car

    So don't download this song
    The record store's where you belong
    Go and buy the CD like you know that you should
    Oh don't download this song

    Oh you don't want to mess with the RIAA
    They'll sue you if you burn that CDR
    It doesn't matter if you're a grandma or a seven year old girl
    They'll treat you like the evil, hard bitten criminal scum you are

    So don't download this song
    Don't go pirating music all day long
    Go and buy the CD like you know that you should
    Oh, don't download this song

    Don't take away money from artists just like me
    How else can I afford another solid gold Humvee?
    And diamond studded swimming pools, these things don't grow on trees
    So all I ask is everybody, please

    Don't download this song (don't do it, no, no)
    Even Lars Ulrich knows it's wrong (you can just ask him)
    Go and buy the CD like you know that you should (you really should)
    Oh, don't download this song

    Don't download this song (Oh please don't you do it)
    Or you might wind up in jail like Tommy Chong (remember Tommy)
    Go and buy the CD (right now) like you know that you should (go out and buy it)
    Oh don't download this song

    Don't download this song (no no no no no no)
    Or you'll burn in hell before too long (and you'd deserve it)
    Go and buy the CD (just buy it) like you know that you should (ya cheap bastard)
    Oh, don't download this song Writer/s: Al Yankovic
    Publisher: EAR BOOKER MUSIC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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