Bring your own lamp shade, somewhere there's a party
Here it's never ending, can't remember when it started
Pass around the lamp shade, there'll be plenty enough of room in jail
* If bein' wrong's a crime I'm serving forever
If bein' strong's your kind, I need help here with this feather
If being afraid is a crime we hang side by side At the swingin' party down the line
Pound the prairie pavement, losin' proposition
Quittin' school and goin' to work and never goin' fishing
Water all around, never learn how to swim now
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Bring your own lamp shade, somewhere there's a party
Here it's never ending, can't remember when it started
Pass around the lamp shade, there'll be plenty enough of room in jail
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