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