Get yourself cooler
Lay yourself low
Coincidental murder with nothin' to show
When the judge's constipation goes to his head
And his wife's aggravation
You're soon enough dead

It's the same old story
Same old song and dance, my friend
It's the same old story
Same old song and dance, my friend

Gotcha with the cocaine
They found with your gun
No smooth-face laywer to getcha undone
Say love ain't the same
On the south side o' town
You could look
But you ain't gonna find it around

It's the same old story
Same old song and dance, my friend
It's the same old story
Same old story
Same old song and dance

Fate comes a-knockin'
Doors start lockin'
Your oldtime connection
Change of direction
Ain't gonna change it
Can't rearrange it
Can't stand the pain
When it's all the same to you, my friend

When you're low down and dirty
From walkin' the street
With ya old hurdy-gurdy
No one to meet
Say love ain't the same
On the south side o' town
You could look
But you ain't gonna find it around

It's the same old story
Same old song and dance, my friend
It's the same old story
Same old story
Same old song and dance