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( Funny lawyer song lyrics )
NOT QUITE THE WORLD'S OLDEST PROFESSION
Copyright © 1998 - mickterry.com

1: My father had said it's an honorable game,
a respected career bringing status and fame
and power and riches and social acclaim.
But he never once mentioned it sucks.

2: 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.

CHORUS:
Like leeches and vampires, they voraciously drain
every drop from the victims they so brutally maim.
And even their clients aren't immune to their game.
It's not quite the world's oldest profession.

3: 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 certainly no fools.
But they never once mention it sucks.
CHORUS:

BRIDGE:
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?

4: 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".

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