Don't Download This Song (Main Version)

Once in a while maybe you will feel the urge

By downloading mp3s from file-sharing sites

Like Morpheus or Grokster or Limewire or KaZaA

But deep in your heart

you know the guilt would drive you mad

And the shame would leave a permanent scar

'Cause you start out stealing songs,

and then you're robbing liquor stores

And selling crack and

running over school kids with your car

So don't download this song

The record store's where you belong

Go and buy the CD like you know that you should

Oh, don't download this song

Oh, you don't wanna mess with the RIAA

They'll sue you if you burn that CD-R

It doesn't matter if you're a grandma

or a 7-year-old girl

They'll treat you like the evil,

hard-bitten criminal scum you are

So don't download this song

Don't go pirating music all day long

Go and buy the CD like you know that you should

Oh, don't download this song

Don't take away money from artists just like me

How else can I afford another solid gold Humvee?

And diamond-studded swimming pools,

these things don't grow on trees

So all I ask is, everybody, please...

Don't download this song

Even Lars Ulrich knows it's wrong

Go and buy the CD like you know that you should

Oh, don't download this song...

Don't download this song

or you might wind up in jail like Tommy Chong

Go and buy the CD like you know that you should

Oh, don't download this song...

Don't download this song

or you'll burn in Hell before too long

Go and buy the CD like you know that you should

Oh, don't download this song