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They say money's pourin' down

But it's not where I'm around

so I'm comin' back to town

 

I want your paycheck

So that I can make the rent

and my hip that I just spent -

I'm lookin' like a wreck

 

Supoena queen

Good god I'm mean

I'll been suing like a fiend

For your royalties green

 

I always sue in May -

I say - it's better pay

The room fills with suits

And I'm ready for my fruits

But the judge he keeps on jokin'

'Cause the contract isn't broken

 

Supoena queen

Good god I'm mean

I'll been suing like a fiend

For your royalties green

 

Supoena queen

Good god I'm mean

I'll been suing like a fiend

For your royalties green

 

My coworkers surely hear me trying to hold in my laughter and think I'm sick. That was beautiful. "I always sue in May..." :lol

OMG I'm about to barf from holding it in.

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They say money's pourin' down

But it's not where I'm around

so I'm comin' back to town

 

I want your paycheck

So that I can make the rent

and my hip that I just spent -

I'm lookin' like a wreck

 

Supoena queen

Good god I'm mean

I'll been suing like a fiend

For your royalties green

...

I sense a Wilco Parody Tribute Album coming on ....

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I sense a Wilco Parody Tribute Album coming on ....

 

Ha! Sell it for a dollar a pop, and give the proceeds to Bennett for his hip after the suit flops?

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Ex-partners shake, lawyers partake

in your sad, sad song

tuned to chords

spurned royalties

for surgery

turning your pelvis around

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If he believe that then why wait so long to do something about it. I know it can't take that long to file a lawsuit

 

I'll take a stab at this.

 

It does often take years for damages to accumulate. As an example, how could he sue for unpaid royalties for YHF or IATTBYH in 2002? He was likely trying to claim them all along (in order to have had a decent shot, he should have at least TRIED to claim them).

Yep. Also, the complaint (items 21 & 22) alleges that he repeatedly requested, and was denied, the compensation he believes he was owed.

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Ex-partners shake, lawyers partake

in your sad, sad song

tuned to chords

spurned royalties

for surgery

turning your pelvis around

:lol

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Hoodoo, sue you, fifty-thousand times two

Hey-plaintiff, ho-lawyer, CourtTV

High-broker, low-blower, ninety-nine-to-zero

Courtroom, tort-time, sue you off your pants

 

Black pen and blue suit, one, two, three, four

Dreadlocks, dead-locks, OMG

Biggy man, little man, lawyer man, judgey man

Grasping for greenbacks, hold my hand

 

Hoodoo sue you, hippy-hippy boo-hoo

True fool, how true? Suing you now!

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Hoodoo, sue you, fifty-thousand times two

Hey-plaintiff, ho-lawyer, CourtTV

High-broker, low-blower, ninety-nine-to-zero

Courtroom, tort-time, sue you off your pants

 

Black pen and blue suit, one, two, three, four

Dreadlocks, dead-locks, OMG

Biggy man, little man, lawyer man, judgey man

Grasping for greenbacks, hold my hand

 

Hoodoo sue you, hippy-hippy boo-hoo

True fool, how true? Suing you now!

 

 

The tribute album song list is filling up fast. Time to start thinking of album titles.

 

 

Being Sued

Lawyerteeth

Midwest Courtroom Fistfight

A Jury is Born

Kicking (Ass on Court) Television

Bennett v. Tweedy (The Lawsuit)

 

 

Misdemeanor Avenue

Misdemeanor Avenue II: On Appeal

Misdemeanor Avenue III: Mr. Bennett Goes to Washington

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The tribute album song list is filling up fast. Time to start thinking of album titles.

 

 

Being Sued

Lawyerteeth

Midwest Courtroom Fistfight

A Jury is Born

Kicking (Ass on Court) Television

Bennett v. Tweedy (The Lawsuit)

 

you forgot my song Via Cook Courtroom..its back a few pages.

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There's a bad word I would like to

scream into your ear but

cops won't let me get

that close to you right now

 

there are things I should have signed

but I was high

and now I'm broke but

now you know that I want

to sue

 

in the beginning we wrote some songs

whenever you sang, I sang along

then you did me wrong

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The tribute album song list is filling up fast. Time to start thinking of album titles.

 

Being Sued

Lawyerteeth

Midwest Courtroom Fistfight

A Jury is Born

Kicking (Ass on Court) Television

Bennett v. Tweedy (The Lawsuit)

 

 

Misdemeanor Avenue

Misdemeanor Avenue II: On Appeal

Misdemeanor Avenue III: Mr. Bennett Goes to Washington

Have to be careful not to include Guthrie-based songs. I can't imagine the archive becoming too litigious, but I haven't checked recently to see how Bragg's records have been selling ...

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"Are your fries pretty good? Can you vouch for your fries under oath in front of a judge and jury of your peers?" Obama asked.

 

Have to be careful not to include Guthrie-based songs. I can't imagine the archive becoming too litigious, but I haven't checked recently to see how Bragg's records have been selling ...

 

Good point. The last thing Jeff Tweedy needs is for Billy Bragg to file an amicus brief on Bennett's behalf.

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