Tell me what you're doing coming in so late at night
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I wanna know
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You say you're going out with childhood friends from way back when
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Where do you go?
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Tell us what you want, we'll give you what you need
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Just show respect for your daddy, little girl,
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You know you never bite the hand that feeds.
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Your mother's driven up the walls, you make too many calls
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Who do you phone?
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You use this place like some hotel, you want something you ring the bell
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That's wrong
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So tell us what you want, we'll give you what you need
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Just show some love for your mother, daughter dear
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You know you never bite the hand that feeds
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I don't know what went wrong
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I couldn't understand
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You grew up much too fast for me,
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I wish it was before, like back when you were four
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I had you on my knee and I told you lots of pretty things
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Familial attention can't be bought like other toys, it can't be sold
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And even if it could it wouldn't do you any good, you ought to know
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I'll tell you what I want, I'll tell you what I need
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I just need some money from my parents, daddy dear
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And I'm going to bite your hand 'til it bleeds
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I don't know what went wrong
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I couldn't understand
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You grew up much too fast for me,
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I wish it was before, like back when you were four
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I had you on my knee and I told you lots of pretty things
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With her friend Bill, and on the pill, she took a smallish flat in Sandycove
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He wheels and deals, she cooks the meals and soon it ended up just like before
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Way back at home
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He tells her what he wants, he tells her what he needs
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He says "just show respect for your man, little girl"
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"You know you never bite the hand that feeds"
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*taken from The Boomtown Rats debut album
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*written by Bob Geldof
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*music arranged by The Boomtown Rats
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Never Bite the Hand That Feeds
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| Boomtown Rats |
