Raised On Robbery

RAISED ON ROBBERY
By Joni Mitchell
Key: C


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He was sit-tin’ in the lounge 
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of the Em-pire Ho-tel
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He was drink-ing for di-ver-sion
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He was think-ing for him-self
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A lit-tle mon-ey rid-ing on the Ma-ple Leafs
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A-long comes this la-dy in lac-y sleeves
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She says...

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"Let me sit down you know
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Drink-ing a-lone's a shame
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It's a shame, it's a cry-in’ shame
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Look at those jok-ers
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Glued to that damn hoc-key game
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Hey hon-ey - you got lots of cash
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Bring us round a bot-tle
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And we'll have some laughs
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Gin's what I'm drink-ing
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I  was raised on rob-ber- y

I'm a pretty good cook
I'm sitting on my groceries
Come up to my kitchen 
I'll show you my best recipe
I try and I try but I can't save a cent
I'm up half the night cooking
Trying to make my rent
I'm rough but I'm pleasin'
I was raised on robbery

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We had a lit-tle mon-ey once
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They were push-ing through 
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a four lane high-way
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Gov-ern-ment gave us three thou-sand dol-lars
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You should-a seen it fly a-way
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First he bought a '5 7  Bis-cayne
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He put it in the ditch
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He drunk up all the rest
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That son of a bitch
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His blood's bad whis-key
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I was raised on rob-ber- y

You know you ain't bad looking
I like the way you hold your drinks
Come home with me honey
I ain't asking for no full-length mink
Hey, where you going...
Don't go yet...
Your glass ain't empty and we just met
You're mean when you're loaded - 
I was raised on robbery"