don’t download this song
Once in a while maybe you will feel the urge
To break international copyright law
By downloading MP3s from file sharing sites
Like Morpheus or Grokster, or Limeware or Kazaa
But deep in your heart you know the guild would drive you mad
And the shame would leave a perminant scar
Cuz you’d start out stealing songs, then you’re robbing liquor stores
And selling crack and running over school kids with your car
[Chorus]
So don’t download this song
The record store’s where you belong
Go and buy the CD like you know that you should
Oh don’t download this song
You don’t want to mess with the R-I double A
They’ll sue you if you burn that CD-R
It doesn’t matter if you’re a grandma or a seven year old girl
They’ll treat you like the evil hard-bitten criminal scum you are
[Chorus]
So don’t download this song
Don’t go pirating music all day long
Go and buy the CD like you know that you should
Oh don’t download this song
Don’t take away money from artists just like me
How else can I afford another solid gold Humvee
And diamond studded swimming pools, these things don’t grow on trees
So all I ask is everybody please
[Chorus]
Don’t download this song
Even Lars Ulrich knows it’s wrong
Go and buy the CD like you know that you should
Oh don’t download this song
Don’t download this song
{Oh please don’t do it or you}
Might wind up in jail like Tommy Chong {remember Tommy}
Go and buy the CD {right now} like you know that you should {go out and buy it}
Oh don’t download this song
Don’t download this song
Or you’ll burn in hell before too long {and you deserve it}
Go and buy the CD like you know that you should…