Tony Joe White
Don’t Play Around
[Chorus]
Mcmurtry don't play around like i use to
When push comes to shove
Gotta keep my mouth shut
Baby how 'bout you
[Verse 1]
Mathew spends them nickles and dimes
Like hundred dollar bills
Helpin' babies too special for crazy
Government deals
[Verse 2]
Ain't a state in the union 'been crusin' thru
On easy street
Fuckin' damn frackin' and backroom stabbin'
Knocks me down on my knees
[Chorus]
Mcmurtry don't play around like i use to
When push comes to shove
Gotta keep my mouth shut
How 'bout you
[Verse 3]
California wanna be's and midwest muscles
Stick close to the ground
Feedin' the famine in my backyard
Non profit town
[Verse 4]
Nine miles deep there's a pile o' cash
Headin' overseas
Gotta fill up my tank shake hands at the bank
Goin' back east
[Chorus]
Mcmurtry don't play around like i use to
When push comes to shove
Gotta keep my mouth shut
How 'bout you
[Verse 5]
Annie's settin' in jail for another twelve years
Yaknow it coulda been me
Damn drugs and guns and one night lovin' gonna set you free
[Verse 6]
Harry's born ready for the end o' time
He's a millionaire
When they come up from atlanta to steal his food
You gonna feel the fire
[Chorus]
Mcmurtry don't play around like i use to
When push comes to shove
Gotta keep my mouth shut
How 'bout you
[Verse 7]
She was only fourteen in '65
You know a change is comin'
Twenty-six stiches in the back o' her head
On a bridge in selma
[Chorus]
Mcmurtry don't play around like i use to
When push comes to shove
Better keep my mouth shut
How 'bout you
Mcmurtry don't play around like i use to
When push comes to shove
I better keep my mouth shut
And you
And you