A Legal Matter
The Who
Written by Pete Townshend; released as a single with "Instant Party
(Circles)" as the B-side and on the album "My Generation"
Intro:
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Verse:
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told you why I changed my mind,
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I got bored by playing with time.
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know you thought you had me nailed,
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But I've
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freed my head from your gar - den rails.
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Now it's a
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got me on the run. It's a
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My
Verse:
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mind's lost in a house - hold fog,
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Wedding gowns and ca - ta- logs,
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Kitchen fur - ni- shings and hou - ses,
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The
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dir - ty clothes and ba - by's trou - sers.
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It's a
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mar ry- ing's no fun. It's a
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Re-intro:
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Verse:
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told you why I changed my mind,
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I got bored by playing with time.
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I
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know you thought you had me nailed,
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But I've
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freed my head from your gar - den rails.
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Now it's a
Refrain:
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got me on the run. It's a
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on.
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You
Bridge:
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ain't the first and you ain't the last, I
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gain and lose my wo- men fast, I
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ne - ver wan - na make them cry, I
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just get bored, don't ask me why.
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Just wanna keep doing all the
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dirty little things I do,
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Not work all day in an of - fice just to
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bring my mo- ney back to you,
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sorry, baby.
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Outro:
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