Alright Guy

Todd Snider

 
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You know just the other morning, 
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I was hanging around in my house. 
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I had that new book with pictures of Madonna naked, 
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I was checkin' it out. 
 

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Just then a friend of mine came through the door, 
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Said she never pegged me for a scumbag before, 
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She said she didn't ever want to see me any more, 
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And I still don't know why. 

 
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I think I'm am alright guy 
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I think I'm am alright guy 
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I just want to live until I've gotta die 
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I know I ain't perfect, 
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But God knows I try 
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I think I'm an alright guy 
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I think I'm alright 

 
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Now maybe I'm dirty, 
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And maybe I smoke a little dope. 
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It ain't like I'm going on TV 
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And tearing up pictures of the Pope. 
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I know I get wild and I know I get drunk, 
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Well, it ain't like I got a bunch of bodies in my trunk. 
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My old man used to call me a no good punk, 
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And I still don't know why. 


(Chorus)
 

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You know, just the other night 
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These cops pulled me over outside a bar. 
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They turned on their lights 
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And they ordered me out of my car. 
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Man, I was only kidding 
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When I called them a couple of dicks, 
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But still they made me do the stupid human tricks, 
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Now I'm stuck in this jail with a bunch of dumb hicks, 
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And I still don't know why. 

 
(Chorus)

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