Tension

Todd Snider

 
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Tension ssit's all that I know 
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I got tension out in traffic 
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I got tension in my office 
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I got tension and it's everywhere that I go 

 
(Spoken) 
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After the bad guy killed off all the underdeveloped characters 
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The good guy put a bullet right through his head 
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The screenwriter stood up and told us that all the loose ends had been 
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tied, justice is irrelevant 
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Violent problems need violent solutions 
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'Cause in America we like our bad guys dead 

It's called box office, baby 
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It's bigger than the damn Stones 


(Spoken) 

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Well they roped off all of my problems and pointed their fingers at addiction 
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'Cause they know if you're doin' the pointin' no one's lookin' at you 
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But you know this war on drugs it's funded by the Tobacco and Alcohol Commissions 
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It's not what drugs you're strung out on they care about as much as whose 
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You see people....people still love drugs 
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Y'all do anyway...I'm over it

 
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Tension ss
Tension ssit's all that I know 
I got tension in my classroom 
I got tension in my courtroom 
I got tension and it's everywhere that I go 

 
(Spoken) 
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When rock and roll first came around the preachers all went crazy 
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But soon that wasn't enough to bring people in the door 
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So now they jump on any scandal that they can to try and save me 
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'Cause they know I don't buy that crap about the Devil's music anymore 
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Republicans
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That's what scares people these days 
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That and Democrats 

(Chorus)