[Verse:]
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I said to my Uncle Sam
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Old Man Taxes, here I am
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And he
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Was glad to see me
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Mister Small Fry, yes, indeed
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Lower brackets, that's my speed
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But he
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Was glad to see me
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[1st refrain:]
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I paid my income tax today
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I never felt so proud before
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To be right there with the millions more
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Who paid their income tax today
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I'm squared up with the U.S.A.
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See those bombers in the sky?
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Rockefeller helped to build 'em, so did I
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I paid my income tax today
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[2nd refrain:]
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I paid my income tax today
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A thousand planes to bomb Berlin
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They'll all be paid for and I chipped in
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That certainly makes me feel okay
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Ten thousand more and that ain't hay
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We must pay for this war somehow
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Uncle Sam was worried but he isn't now
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I paid my income tax today
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[3rd REFRAIN with coda:]
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I paid my income tax today
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I never cared what Congress spent
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But now I'll watch over ev'ry cent
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Examine ev'ry bill they pay
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They'll have to let me have my say
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I wrote the Treasury to go slow
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Careful, Mister Henry Junior, that's my dough
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I paid my income tax
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Now you've got all the facts
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I know you'll pay your taxes too
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I Paid My Income Tax Today
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Irving Berlin |