same old song and dance

get yourself cooler

lay yourself low

coincidental murder

with nothing to show

with the judge

constipation will go to his head

and his wife's aggravation

you're soon enough dead

it's the same old story

same old song and dance

my friend

it's the same old story

same old song and dance

my friend

gotcha with the cocaine they found with your gun

no smoothy face laywer to getcha undone

say love ain't the same on the south side of town

you could look

but you ain't gonna find it around

it's the same old story

same old song and dance

my friend

it's the same old story

same old story

same old song and dance

fate comes a-knockin'

doors start lockin'

your old time connection

change your direction

ain't gonna change it

can't rearrange it

can't stand the pain when it's all the same to you

my friend

when you're low down and dirty

from walkin' the street

with your old hurdy-gurdy

no one to meet

say love ain't the same

on the south side of town

you could look

but you ain't gonna find it around