Yeah yeah now this song is a warning yes folks a warnin' against the danger
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A very very economy a social fibre mortal turpitude haha 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 all the squares all the truckusers all the fuss
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Friends the danger the real danger is thumbsuckers
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Yes you heard me my friends I think 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 stick your thumb
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There's always there 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 heartless a shakin' quiverin' crawlin' slaverin'
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Thumbsuckin' addict for the rest of your unusual life
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That's why I ain't gonna let no thumbsucker suck my thumb
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It'll drive you crazy and leave you deaf and dumb
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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
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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...
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[ piano - guitar ]
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I'll tell you what them thumbsuckers like to do
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They suck your thumb till it's wrinkled like a prune
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They'll say you've got the sweetest thumb of all 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...
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Suck my thumb suck my thumb suck my thumb suck my thumb
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Thumbsucker
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| Shel Silverstein |
