Once in a while Maybe you will feel the urge To break international copyright law 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 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 R-I-double-A They’ll sue you if you burn that CD-R It doesn’t matter if you’re a grandma Or a seven-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 (don’t do it no no) Even Lars Ulrich knows it’s wrong (You could just ask him) Go and buy the CD like you know that you should (You really should) Oh don’t download this song
Don’t download this song Oh please don’t you do it or you Might wind up in jail like Tommy Chong (Remember Tommy) Go and buy the CD (right now) like you know that you should (Go out and buy it) Oh don’t download this song
Don’t download this song (No no no no no no) Or you’ll burn in hell before too long (And you deserve it) Go and buy the CD (just buy it) like you know that you should (You cheap bastard)