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Tom Wilson: Music

Tell It Like It Is

(Tom Wilson)
I’M GRINNING LIKE A PETRO PUMP,
KNOWING RIGHT FROM WRONG,
I’M GONNA HOSE THE FIRST FIRE,
THAT I SEE WHAT COMES ALONG
THESE ARE DOG YEARS,

SOME PEOPLE MAKE IT SOUND LIKE WHAT YOU THINK YOU WANNA HEAR,
SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO LET US IN ON OTHER PEOPLE’S PAIN,
WHILE THEIR WOMEN LOOK AT WHAT THEY’LL NEVER OWN AND GO INSANE
I GOT FREE AIR, FREE LICKS, FREE WILL, NO CHOICE, TV, TWO EYES, NO VOICE

SO TELL IT LIKE IT IS.
TELL IT LIKE IT IS
COME ON SUGAR YOU KNOW I AIN’T IN SHOWBIZ
LIKE YOUR INSIDE FRIENDS
SO TELL IT LIKE IT IS.

HEY BARTENDER,
I HEAR SOME PEOPLE SAY,
WITHOUT LOVE THERE’D BE NOTHIN’
NO BARS ANYWAY,
SOME PEOPLE GOTTA WAY TO GO SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO EDIT
SOME PEOPLE GOTTA RIGHT TO KNOW AND DO BUT JUST DON’T GET IT

TROPHY WIVES DRIVING FOUR WHEEL DRIVES
STRAPPING ON THEIR BOWIE KNIVES,
POLITICIANS RUNNING FOR THEIR LIVES,
TELL IT LIKE IT IS.
TELL IT LIKE IT IS.

COME ON SUGAR YOU KNOW I AIN’T NO VIS A VIS,
LIKE YOUR EDUCATED FRIENDS,
SO TELL IT LIKE IT IS.
TELL IT LIKE IT IS.

I GOT FREE AIR, FREE LICKS, FREE WILL, NO CHOICE, TV, TWO EYES, NO VOICE
SO TELL IT LIKE IT IS.
I’LL TELL IT LIKE IT IS.

COME ON SUGAR YOU KNOW I AIN’T IN SHOWBIZ
LIKE YOUR INSIDE FRIENDS.
SO TELL IT LIKE IT IS.
TELL IT LIKE IT IS.