Key: G major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Lenny
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Bruce is dead,
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but his ghost lives on and on
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Never did get any Golden Globe Award,
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never made it to Synanon
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He was an outlaw, that's for sure
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More of an outlaw than you
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ever were
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Lenny Bruce is gone,
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but his spirit's living on and on
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Maybe he had some problems,
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maybe some things
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he couldn't work out.
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and he sure told the truth,
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and he knew what he was talking about.
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Or cut off any babies' heads
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Just took the folks in high places
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And he shined a light into their beds
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He's on some other shore
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He didn't want to live anymore
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Lenny Bruce is dead,
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but he didn't commit any crime
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to rip off the lid before his time
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I rode with him in a taxi once
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Only for a mile and a half
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Seemed like it took a couple of months
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Lenny Bruce moved on,
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and like the ones that killed him,
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gone
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He said he was sick
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cause he didn't play by the rules
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He just showed the wise men of his day
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to be nothing more than fools.
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They stamped him and they labeled him
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like they do with pants and shirts.
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He fought a war on the battlefield
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where every victory hurts.
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Lenny Bruce was bad,
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he was the brother that you never had.
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You
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