Key: D major
Verse 1
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Andy was a Catholic,
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the ethic ran through his bones
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He lived alone with his mother,
church
He'd kneel in his pew and say,
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"It's just work,
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all that matters is work."
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Andy was a lot of things,
He'd say, "I've got to bring home the bacon,
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someone's
If I'd ask him he'd tell you straight out
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the most important thing is work
it never seemed enough
He said I was lazy, I said I was young
He said, "How many
songs did you write?"
I'd written zero, I lied and said,
"Ten."
You should have written fifteen"
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It's work, the most important
thing is work
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"You ought to make things big
And the songs with the dirty words
- record them that way"
he was funny that way
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is work"
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He said decide what you want
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Do you want to expand your
parameters
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Or play museums like some dilettante
he got red and called me a rat
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It was the worst word that he could
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think of
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I thought he said it's just work
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Work, he'd said it's just work
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I stored them all away in my head
Sometimes when I can't
decide what I should do
I think what would Andy have said
That's 'cause there's work
that you don't want to do
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the most important thing is work
is work
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