The Dogtown Shuffle

Lyrics

Keep your eyes wide open, babe
 If you decide to take the long walk
 My city screams of danger
 And you're on borrowed time
 It comes from a jealous clock
 And you're a permanent stranger
 So the last of the wild frontier kings
 Is held for further questioning
 When nothing's left but death and taxes
 The matter of the real fact is
 You go through life as someone's doormat
 Cause you don't get no sportin' chance
 There ain't much distance 'tween a pat on the back
 And a kick in the pants
 You do the Dogtown Shuffle
 Now do you talk the talk?
 Yes I do!
 I do the Dogtown Shuffle
 But can you walk the walk?
 Lemme see ya do it one time...
 Some self-made guy gets it in the ass
 At the local mini-mall
 Looks more like a warning than an example
 And late at night
 They said he used to sleep the sleep of the just
 I sleep the sleep of the just after
 They said the wild boys go head to head
 And like the good book says be quick or dead!
 So ante up or let 'em go
 Cause I'm filing charges on your soul
 It's just a joke and you're the punchline
 Yeah, the streets are a million laughs
 And if I must, well in, God I trust
 Everybody else gotta pay cash...
 You do the Dogtown Shuffle
 But can you talk the talk?
 Let me hear ya!
 You do the Dogtown Shuffle
 But can you walk the walk?
 Now purely off the record, man...
 Yeah, I figured I was gonna go down
 And get a little breakfast
 At the local Taco Truck
 Yeah, my guise could use some refinement
 But I'm on a self improvement kick these days
 So what the fuck?
 Hey man, there was a line behind me
 A line behind me...
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 Yeah they always try to nail ya
 Mom, God, Pie the whole routine
 Well here's a little trick that'll never fail ya
 In your time of need
 You do the Dogtown Shuffle
 Yeah, can you talk the talk, baby?
 You do the Dogtown Shuffle
 Lemme see you walk the walk!
 Walk it!
 Are ya, are ya, are ya ready boots?
 Start walkin'
 Scuse me, but I'm new in town
 I was wonderin' if I could get directions to your place?
 ♪
 There goes the neighborhood...
 

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Duration
04:58
Key
2
Tempo
105 BPM

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