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( Robert Downey, Jr. song lyrics )
GIVE THE POOR GUY A BREAK
Copyright © 2000 - mickterry.com

1: Oh, Junior, oh, Junior,
I was told they caught you again.
You can't seem to avoid their detection.
You must want to go back to the pen.
Oh, Junior, oh, Junior,
just for you, we're glad to forgive.
We will readily make an exception,
all regardless whatever you did.

CHORUS:
Give the poor guy a break.
Give him a _fourth second chance_.
Everyone makes a mistake.
Some people trip when they dance.
Give the poor guy a break.
He deserves better than this.
He deserves to continue his privileged life
and live in perpetual bliss.

2: Oh, Junior, oh, Junior,
can't you keep your pretty nose clean
long enough 'til you've finished a picture,
long enough 'til you've finished one scene?
Oh, Junior, oh, Junior,
we all know that you've had it so hard.
Pretty soon, you might start quoting scripture.
What's it like with the boys in the yard?
CHORUS: ( _fifth second chance_ )

BRIDGE:
What's it like when you've got the attention
as the butt of the late night show jokes?
What's it like when you're in for detention,
and for gifts you get "Soap-on-a-Rope"?

3: Oh, Junior, oh, Junior,
will you learn from all your mistakes?
Someone else wouldn't get off so easy.
Someone else wouldn't get all these breaks.
Oh, Junior, oh, Junior,
are you going to clean up your act?
Or - should we just keep your cell ready?
In a few weeks, you'll be coming back.
CHORUS: ( _sixth second chance_ )

Copyright © 2000  MICK TERRY  Silent Tree Music  All rights reserved
[ Reprinted here by permission of the composer-lyricist ]   BMI
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Robert Downey, Jr.
seemed to have a private revolving door at his jail
after having been given leniency so many times
for his substance abuse convictions.

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To other drinking song lyrics:   I PASSED THE BAR
To other prison song lyrics:   A DIFFERENT MAN
To other celebrity song lyrics:   THAT'S SWELL, MEL
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