Say Thank You

from Apartment Recordings by Dave Smallen

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lyrics

Now listen close to what I gotta say
If you keep your mouth shut then you might get your way
You've battered my patience now it's black now it's blue
I give you so much and you never say thank you

We all work like dogs we all stick to the heard
And we all got coming what we all deserve
We're all scraping round in the sludge and the slough
I give you so much and you never say thank you

I got a right to be mean I got a right to be sore
Cause you got no right to be asking for more
"Ah they're getting theirs why can't I get theirs too?"
I give you so much and you never say thank you

So you best learn to knock before you open my door
If you learn your place there wont be trouble no more
I've wasted my words turned my horses to glue
I give you so much and you never say thank you

You're nearly discharged you're nearly dismissed
Yeah manners are something your folks must have missed
But I hope for your sake that you soon get a clue
I give you so much and you never say thank you

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from Apartment Recordings, track released August 20, 2010

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