Don't let the bastards get you down
Don't sell your heart to no businessman
You'll sell it back next time around
Don't let the bastards get you down
There's a new town coming my way
On this never-ending highway
I miss my baby's birthday
Feeling sorry in the worst way
It seems I'm always losing
For another life of choosing Let me go up distance
Tell you, lose your own existence
Don't let the bastards get you down
Don't let them sell your heart and steal your
blood Make sure there's no next time around
Don't let the bastards get you down
From Aberdeen to Austin St. Augustine to Boston
We ain't about to give in To those who just can't live it
They want to wear your rhinestones Then they ain't got the backbone
Them tone-deaf sons of bitches They don't know your extra riches
Don't let the bastards get you down
Don't let them beat you up and lose your pride
Don't give yourself to common clout
Don't let the bastards get you down
When
a dream becomes a nightmare You wake up bound for nowhere
Too poor to pay attention Too far and few to mention
Shoots looking down the noses Thinking bullshit smells like roses
All the cocaine in existence Couldn't
keep your nose out of my business
Don't let the bastards get you down
Don't sell your heart to no businessman
You'll sell it back next time around
Don't let the bastards get you down
Keep all the haters on your ground
Don't let the bastards get you down
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