Weird Al Yankovic - Don't Download This Song

Performed by Weird Al Yankovic


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
'Cuz you start out stealing songs
Then you're robbing liquor stores
And sellin' crack, and runnin' 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 dont want to mess with the R-I double A
They'll sue you if you burn that CD-R
Doesn't matter if youre 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 swimmin' pools, these things don't grow on trees
So all I ask is everybody please...

Don't download this song
(Dont do it, no, no!)
Even Lars Ulrich knows it's wrong
(You can 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 dont do it, or you...)
Might end 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
(na, na-na-na, na-na-na naaa)
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
(Ya cheap bastard!)
Oh, don't download this song