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B**ches don't ride like that anymore.
They just don't write like that anymore.
B*tches don't ride on Grandaddy's Ford.
They just don't write like that anymore.
Babies don't like my family home
They just don't write 'em like that anymore
Been all right, Fat Daddy Damoe.
They don't write like that anymore.
Bitches don't write my dad anymore.
They just don't write 'em like that anymore.
Bitches don't write my dad anymore.
They just don't write 'em like that anymore.
Cuz it's so easy to say that you'll sh*t your pants
Cuz it's so easy to say that you'll forget your past
Dead on arrival like that anymore
They don't write 'em like that anymore
It was the same old song and I never got an exam
It was the same old song with a melancholy sound
It was the same old song with the manicotti sound.
It was the same old song with that melancholy sound.
Now a wino staring at an empty glass
Now I wind up staring at an empty glass
Now the jukebox plays a song I just don't know
Uh-uh-uh, uh-uh-uh-uh-uh.
And then the jukebox plays a song I used to know
Uh-uh-uh, uh-uh-uh-uh-uh.
Peter Rabbit likes them anymore
They don't write 'em like that anymore
Pigeons don't run like that anymore.
They just don't write like that anymore.
Teachers don't write my dad/daddy any more
They just don't write like that anymore.
Teachers gonna ride like Saturday morn
They just don't write 'em like that anymore
Teachers gonna ride that Saturday morn.
They just don't write 'em like that anymore.
They don't arrive like that anymore
Ditches don't arrive like that anymore.
They don't write 'em like that anymore
They just don't write 'em like that anymore
Editor's note: This song should be credited to the Greg Kihn Band, not just Greg Kihn solely.
They don't like 'em like Dad anymore
They don't write 'em like that anymore
They don't like my cat anymore
Babies don't like my cat anymore
They don't write 'em like that anymore
They just don't write 'em like that anymore
They just don't like my dad anymore
They just don't write like that anymore.
They just don't write my dad anymore
They just don't write like that anymore