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Common Sense - John Prine
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Tuning: Standard
Artist: John Prine
Album: Great Days: The John Prine Anthology
Year: 1993
Intro:
You can't live together
You can't live alone
Considering the weather
Oh my, how you've grown
From the men in the factories
To the wild kangaroo
Like those birds of a feather
They're gathering together
And feeling exactly like you
Chorus:
They got mesmerized by lullabies
And limbo danced in pairs
Please lock that door
It don't make much sense
That common sense
Don't make no sense no more
Just between you and me
It's like pulling
When you ought to be shovin,
Like a nun with her head in the oven
Please don't tell me
That this really wasn't nothing
(Repeat Intro)
One of these days
One of these nights
You'll take off your hat
And they'll read you
Your rights
You'll wanna get high
Every time you feel low
Hey, Queen Isabella
Stay away from that fella
He'll just get you
Into trouble, you know?
But they came here by boat
And they came here by plane
They blistered their hands
And they burned out their brain
All dreaming a dream
That'll never come true
Hey, don't give me no trouble
Or I'll call up my double
We'll play piggy-in-the-middle
With you
(Repeat Chorus)