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Intro: G | G
Intro 2 (Spoken)
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'He told it to the monkeys and they didn't talk back,
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then he told the old iguana and he didn't attack'.
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Verse 1:
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They told me before I started that it never ever would work out:
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stay in school, don't be a fool, but I had to see what life was about.
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So, I went to Biloxi, seekin' fortune and fame,
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I got hired, I got fired, I got called dirty names.
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You'll never (never), never (never), work in dis bidness again.
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You'll never (never), no never (never), never work in dis bidness again.
Interlude
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Verse 2:
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I knew I needed representation and I found it one night in a bar.
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He was a bondsman and a part-time agent and he said that he would make me a star.
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He said', 'Aaaah, you don't have to be that good to make it out in Hollywood,
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you just have to change and complain'.
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Or you'll never (never), never (never), work in dis bidness again.
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You'll never (never), no never (never), never work in dis bidness again.
Solo
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Bridge:
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I parked cars at the Rainbow, I sold maps of the stars,
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I got my nose broke in Spago's when I puked on the bar.
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And all I played's a double bar mitzvah,
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Bubba played a double bar mitzvah!)
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It's a jungle out there, hell, I don't care, I'm going back to my predator friends.
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I will never (never), never (never), work in this bidness again.
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No, I'll never (never), no never (never), never work in this bidness again.
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You'll never (never), never (never), work in this bidness again.
Outro
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'Ah, relax, where do you think you're going with dat suitcase?'
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'I'm outta here!' 'You're leaving?! Vat about my fifteen percent?'
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'15 Percent of nothin' is nothin'!' 'Young man, you leave now and you'll never'
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'I'll never...' 'You'll never...' 'Work in dis...' 'Bizness...' 'Bidness...'
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'AGAIN!!'
Written by Matt Betton/Jimmy Buffett/Josh Leo/Vince Melamed/Michael Utley/Willie Weeks