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 SHUT UP AND LISTEN
 by Robert Hunter
 
 you're so busy talkin
 you never find out
 what ev'ryone else
 is keepin' quiet about
 You're so busy knockin
 you don't understand
 the door's wide open
 don't go breakin your hand
 
 CHORUS:
 Shut up & Listen
 A minute or two
 Shut up & Listen
 You could pick up a clue
 Shut up & Listen
 Doot' n doo doo
 Shut up & Listen
 I'm talkin to you
 
 Shut up and listen
 or you may never learn
 why pigs don't fly
 why water don't burn
 why you can't find a cop
 when it's a cop you need
 Why you can't grow gators
 from crocodile seed
 
 CHORUS
 
 Walking in a storm
 with an ear to the blast
 thinkin each moment
 could be my last
 A small still voice
 seemed to beckon within
 so quiet in there
 you'd hear the drop of a pin
 I asked what it wanted,
 said what do you crave?
 it said: nothinU but the first dance
 on your grave
 I ran for the faucet
 and I turned off the storm
 crawled under the bed
 to consider reform
 
 
 CHORUS
 
 You don't pay attention
 you don't analyze
 an ounce of prevention's
 worth a ton of surmise
 So full of self-esteem
 it's hard to relate
 things are not what they seem
 but you find out too late
 
 Shut up and listen
 and it may come clear
 why the key to your hope's
 the very thing you fear
 
 CHORUS
 
 Shut Up and Listen
 Give it a rest
 Shut Up and Listen
 Play it close to the vest
 Shut Up and Listen
 There may be a test
 Shut Up and Listen
 You're under arrest!
 
 
 (copyright 2000 Ice Nine Publishing)
 
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