James Taylor – Slap Leather (Guitar)

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Words and Music by James Taylor from his 1991 album, "New Moon Shine." [Verse 1]
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Take all the money that we need for school

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And to keep the street people in out of the cold

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Spend it on a weapon you can never use

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Make the world an offer that they can't refuse
[Verse 2]
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Open up the door and let the shark-men feed

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Hoover of the future in the land of greed

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Sell the Ponderosa to the Japanese
[Chorus]
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Slap leather

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Head for that line of trees, yeah

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Slap leather

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Go on Ron, just about to go myself
[Verse 3]
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Turn the whole wide world into a TV show

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So it's just the same game wherever you go

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You never meet a soul that you don't already know

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One big advertisement for the status quo
[Verse 4]
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As if these celebrities were your close friends

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As if you knew how the story ends

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As if you weren't sitting in a room alone

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And there was somebody real at the other end of the phone, yeah
[Chorus]
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Squibnocket

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Phone sex

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Just about to dial your number
[Instrumental] A7 [Verse 5]
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Get all worked up so we can go to war

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We find something worth killing for

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Tie a yellow ribbon around your eyes

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Big McFalafel and a side of fries, yeah
[Chorus]
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Big McFalafel

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Storming Norman

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I just love a parade
[Chorus]
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Slap leather

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Phone love

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Big McFalafel

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Just about to dial myself