Get yourself a cooler
Lay yourself low
Coincidental murder
With nothing to show
With the judge constipation
Will go to his head
His wife's aggravation
You'll soon enough dead

It's the same old story
Same old song and dance my friend
It's the same old story
Same old song and dance my friend

Gotcha with the cocaine
They found with your gun
No smoothy face lawyer
To get you undone
Love ain't the same
On the south side of town
You could look
But you ain't gonna find it around

It's the same old story
Same old song and dance my friend
It's the same old story
Same old story
Same old song and dance

Fate comes a knocking
Doors start locking
Your old time connection
Change your direction
You ain't gonna change it
Can't rearrange it
Can't stand the pain
When it's all the same to you my friend

When you're low down and dirty
From walking the street
With your old hurdy gurdy
No one to meet
Say love ain't the same
On the south side of town
You could look
But you ain't gonna find it around

It's the same old story
Same old song and dance my friend
It's the same old story
Same old story
Same old song and dance