Thumbsucker

Intro: 
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Yeah now this song is a warning 
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Yes folks a warnin' against the danger that perils our very 
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Our very economy a social fibre mortal turpitude, national security 
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And friends the danger is not it is not the long hairs 
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And it is not the warmongers or the squares or the drugusers or the fuss 
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Friends the danger the real danger is thumbsuckers 
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Yes you heard me right friends I said thumbsucker 
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And every time every time you make a peace sign with your fingers 
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And every time you push a door bell 
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And every time you're on highway and stick your thumb 
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There's always lurkin in the shadows some dirty sneaky thumbsucker 
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Who will leap out upon you grab your wrist 
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And start to suck your thumb drainin' all your natural thumbjuices 
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And leavin' you hopeless hapless a shakin' quiverin' crawlin' slaverin' 
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Thumbsuckin' addict for the rest of your unatural life 

 
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That's why I ain't gonna let no thumbsucker suck my thumb (suck my thumb) 
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It'll drive you crazy and leave you deaf and dumb (deaf and dumb) 
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Make you crawl and climb the wall and leave you without no thumb at all 
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I ain't gonna let no thumbsucker suck my thumb 
 

 
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Met her on a corner in Deluth and that's truth 
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She was tryin' to fix her shoe in a telephone booth her name was Ruth 
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She said she was just waiting for a bus 
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But I hid my thumb cause I knew just what she was 
 

 
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Uhh I ain't gonna let no thumbsucker suck my thumb (suck my thumb) 
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No, drive you crazy and leave you deaf and dumb (deaf and dumb) and kinda numb 
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It'll make you crawl and climb the wall and leave you without no thumb at all 
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I ain't gonna let no thumbsucker suck my thumb (suck my thumb) 

Solo: 
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I'll tell you what them thumbsuckers like to do (doo) 
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They suck your thumb till it's wrinkled like a prune (doo doo) 
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They say you've got the sweetest thumb of all (doo) thats what they say 
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But then they suck the thumb of the guy livin' down the hall 
 

 
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That's why I ain't gonna let no thumbsucker suck my thumb (suck my thumb, suck my tumb) 
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Drive you crazy and leave you deaf and dumb (deaf and dumb) 
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Make you crawl and climb the wall and leave you without no thumb at all 
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I ain't gonna let no thumbsucker suck my thumb (suck my thumb) 
 

Outro: 
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Suck my thumb suck my thumb suck my thumb suck my thumb 
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Suck my thumb suck my thumb suck my thumb 

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     Suck my thumb suck my thumb suck my thumb 
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Suck my thumb suck my thumb suck my thumb 
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