Entr'acte / Give a Man Enough Rope / Rope Act

Give a man enough rope (Give a man enough rope)
 Give a man enough rope (Give a man enough rope)
 And he can hang himself or not
 That is the choice that he has got
 He could wind up hanging down from a tree
 Or he could spin himself a life
 That's what happened to me
 Give a man enough rope (Give a man enough rope)
 Give a man enough rope (Give a man enough rope)
 You hand two guys a pile of dough
 One spends it fast, one spends it slow
 You make the choice
 Up to you what you do
 I met a lot of different folk
 And I've got to meet you
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 Give a man enough rope (Give a man enough rope)
 Give a man enough rope (Give a man enough rope)
 Give a man enough rope (Give a man enough rope)
 Give a man enough rope
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 And he can get all tangled in the figure eight he tried to spin
 But he had luck
 And his rope made him free
 He spun his fancy figures
 Roped his columns
 Made his speeches
 Loved his horses
 Loved his family
 Made his movies
 Played the Follies
 Found a lovely wife
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 Give a man enough rope