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Doug Davis - Not Your Business, Man

from Round 4, Week 9 by Monday Morning 3AM Music Club

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This was my response to Corky's assignment to write a southern rock song about a business man. Not a particularly easy assignment for me, and I set out to do my best to avoid cheap cliches, musically and lyrically. And in the process, I think I used just about every one of them. Oh, well. This was probably never destined to be a keeper for me, anyway.

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My daddy worked every day of his life
He never knew a thing but trouble and strife
Dug what he's got out of rubble and clay
Always told me, "son, it's the American way"

I ain't the son that my daddy raised
I grew my hair, I took up different ways
Of all his lessons, one that sunk in deep
You wanna live, you gotta earn what you keep

It's not yr business, man
We got no business at hand
You best step off my land
While you still can
It's not yr business, man
Won't be part of your plan
I got no business, man
Not with you

Ain't got much family left still living round here
My momma passed nearly 20 years
So many dreams disappeared in the air
Nothing but memories and an easy chair

Rented this house just as long as I've known
Hard as he worked, he can't afford his own
So look me in the eye and tell me once again
Why you gotta put a mall where this house has been

It's not yr business, man
We got no business at hand
You best step off my land
While you still can
It's not yr business, man
Won't be part of your plan
I got no business, man
Not with you

Keep waving papers round keep flashing yr card
Call out the police, call the national guard
You think we're nothing but a big old drag
Ain't going nowhere but in body bags

It's not yr business, man
We got no business at hand
You best step off my land
While you still can
It's not yr business, man
Won't be part of your plan
I got no business, man
Not with you

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from Round 4, Week 9, released January 5, 2015

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