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There ain't nothin' I can do, nor nothin' I can say,
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That folks don't criticize me.
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But I'm gonna do just as I want to anyway,
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I don't care if they all despise me.
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If I should take a notion
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To jump into the ocean,
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It ain't nobody's business if I do.
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Rather than persecute me,
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I choose that you would shoot me,
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It ain't nobody's business if I do.
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If I should get the feelin'
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To dance upon the ceiling',
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It ain't nobody's business if I do.
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If I let my best companion
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Drive me right into the canyon,
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It ain't nobody's business if I do.
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After all the way to do is do just as you please,
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Regardless of their talkin'
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Often times the ones that talk will get down on their knees,
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And beg your pardon for their squakin'. (sp?)
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If I dislike my lover
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And leave (him/her) for another,
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It ain't nobody's business if I do.
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If I go to church on Sunday,
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Then cabaret on Monday,
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It ain't nobody's business if I do.
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If my friend ain't got no money
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And I say, "Take all mine honey,"
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It ain't nobody's business if I do.
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If I lend (him/her) my last nickel
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And it leaves me in a pickle,
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It ain't nobody's business if I do.