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Come around baby, let me tell you somethin’
If I tell you now, you know you better say nothin’
I had it under control
Shot a man down, O late last night
Just to watch him die after pickin’ a fight
I had it under control
Then a copper man pulled me by the side of the road
I tell him “listen man, but I got to go”
I had it under control

Stood under bridges by the end of the day
I was hangin’ on the back of a subway train
I had it under control
Walked by the river all cold and wet
As the rain kept a-pourin on top of my head
I had it under control
But then a copper man pulled me by the side of the road
I tell him “listen man, but I got to go”
I had it under control

Went back down to old Bleeker Street
Had to sell my six strings just to make end’s meat
I had it under control
When a little young bird did pick me off my feet
She’s the purtiest thing I ever did meet
I had it under control
‘Til a copperman pulled me by the side of the road
I tell him “listen man, but I got to go”
I had it under control

Twenty five years all down the line
Haven’t heard a single word from that gal o’ mine
I had it under control
So I went back home just to find my bro
Till somebody tell me that he’s down below
I had it under control
Then a copper man stop me by the side of the road
I tell him “listen man, but I got to go”
I had it under control

Come around baby, let me tell you somethin’
If I tell you now, you know you better say nothin’
I had it under control
If a copper man come around lookin’ for me
I’m a-goin way down to Mexico City
I had it under control
O I’ma goin’ down ‘bout a quarter to three
I’ma goin down south where I can be free
I had it under control
But seein that it’s only a half-past two
And I just need to spend a little time with you
Babe, I got it under control

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