Get yourself a cooler, lay yourself low
Coincidental murder with nothing to show
The judge constipation will go to his head
And his wife's aggravation, you're 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

Got ya with the cocaine they found with your gun
No smoothy faced lawyer to get ya undone
You 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

Fate starts knockin'
Doors start lockin'
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 walkin' the street
With your old hurdy gurdy and no one to meet
You 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