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CHORUS:
why get up why get up how can i get up, why should i get up
this whole world's gone crazy think I've seen enough
I'm going to sleep forever why get up

phone keeps ringing right off the hook, its some bill collector i know what cooks
think I'll stay in bed, dream all day, the world outside bugs me anyway
when i get things going, the going gets rough, so i ask myself, why get up

went to the doctor he said, lose some weight, you dont do it quick we'll have to operate
talked to my lawyer he said case is closed, that woman got it all even the garden hose
staring at the ceiling thinking, just my luck, better roll back over, why get up

i cant quit drinking, i'm nervous all the time, when i wake up its like a ton of lead on my mind
what was it i said to that girl last night, she really got upset i best stay out of sight
i remember a gun and calling somebody's bluff, better duck under the covers, why get up

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from City of the Violet Crown, released January 1, 1994

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Bill Carter Austin, Texas

"Bill Carter has an audacious knack for a roadhouse hook and a wicked tongue for lyrics, making music that is at once powerful, sly, intelligent and rocking. Carter is one of the most successful, if not the best singer-songwriter in Austin." Margaret Moser - Austin Chronicle ... more

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