Hank Williams Jr.

Don't Give Us a Reason

Hank Williams Jr.


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 Hey old Saddam, you figured wrong 
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When you thought the whole world would back down, 
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And let you take all the oil and rape Kuwait and plunder and spoil. 
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Let sleeping dogs lie,  
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Don't give us a reason. 
 
 
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'Cause people in the USA are not really afraid, 
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Of your starving army and all your wore out tanks. 
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And if you take some innocent lives, that's when the fur's gonna really fly, 
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Hey man, back off and get smart, 
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Don't give us a reason. 
 
 
 
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Don't give us a reason to come gunnin' for you, 
 
'Cause the odds don't look so good,  
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And your neck is in a noose. 
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'Cause the Eagle and the Bear make a mighty strong pair, 
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And my advice is: 
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 Don't give us a reason. 
 
 
 
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When all our people over there know that we all care, 
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Now that's a situation old Saddam, you don't wanna be in... 
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'Cause if you do something stupid, 
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We're gonna come down hard on ol' Cupid (??) 
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You better think this one all the way out, 
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Don't give us a reason. 
 
 
 
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Don't give us a reason to come gunnin' for you, 
 
'Cause the odds don't look so good,  
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And your neck is in a noose. 
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Yeah, you picked on your little neighbour, so do yourself a favour: 
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Get out and go home, 
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And don't give us a reason. 
 
 
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 Yeah, we've heard all your threats, and you're gonna threat yourself to death. 
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 My advice is, don't give us a reason. 
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You can take that poison gas, and stick it in your sassafras, 
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 Ha ha ha, don't give us a reason. 
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I'd like to find out just for fun, just how fast those camels can run, 
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I tell ya son, don't give us a reason.  
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'Cause the desert ain't Vietnam, and there ain't nowhere to run, 
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And we got some REAL top guns, 
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 Don't give us a reason. 
 
 
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