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( Funny lawyer song lyrics )
NOT QUITE THE WORLD'S OLDEST PROFESSION
( LIKE LEECHES & VAMPIRES )
Copyright © 1998 - MickTerry.com

6/8
My father had said it's an hon'rable game,
a respected career bringing status and fame
and power and riches and social acclaim.
But he never once mentioned it sucks.

Like vultures, they soar where an accident's been.
And sometimes they're even the first on the scene.
With blood all around all they see is the green.
But they never once mention it sucks.

    LIKE LEECHES & VAMPIRES, they voraciously drain
    ev'ry drop from the victims they brutally maim.
    LIKE LEECHES & VAMPIRES, none immune to their game
    It's NOT QUITE THE WORLD'S OLDEST PROFESSION

A tight-woven circle that makes all the rules,
they've made their own language: they own all the tools.
They're self-regulated: they're surely no fools.
But they never once mention it sucks.

    CHORUS

        For sure, there are those who are honest and clean,
        like the valiant ones played up there on the big screen.
        But just where has integrity and dignity been
        for the rest of the whole institution?

There are very few places you don't need their skills.
You can't even leave without testing their wills.
No matter who loses, they collect all their bills.
But they never once mention it sucks.

    CHORUS

Copyright © 1998  MICK TERRY  Silent Tree Music  All rights reserved
[ Reprinted here by permission of the composer-lyricist ]   BMI
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12-8-03:
Mick Terry received a check in the mail for $0.07 as payment in full
as a result of a class action suit of which he had no knowledge.
The only other mail that day was Newsweek, the cover story being
Lawsuit Hell: How Fear of Litigation Is Paralyzing Our Professions.

To other police song lyrics:   IT'S JUST A JOB
To other crime song lyrics:   FORTY BIBLES
KING'S RANSOM
A PIRATE'S LIFE
EHAWEE IS GONE
AMERICAN HACKER
COMEDY OF TERRORS
NOIR & HORNY NIGHT
CAUGHT IN THE DESERT
DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH
& LEAVE THE DYING TO US
WHAT THE HELL DID WE HIT?
THE WRONG MAN (TROY DAVIS)
ANOTHER FACE, ANOTHER NAME
TAGGERS HIT OUR HOME TODAY
I'M GETTING JUST A LITTLE BIT WORRIED
MAKING THE WORST (OF A BAD SITUATION)
I WASN'T MAKING ADVANCES (SENATOR LARRY CRAIG)
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