The Professional

Song is from All Hands on the Bad One CD/LP, which is available at Kill Rock Stars.
Official lyrics come with the album; I have modified them so that the lyrics posted here
reflect what I actually hear the band singing in the song.
Because that took me lots of time and effort, please do let me know
if you would like to use the lyrics I have posted here on your site.
Or even just reference my site on yours. Thanks!

there is a sound they don't want you to own
arrest every word that escapes from your throat
they hand you the world's smallest microphone
it's still too loud and you're asked to go home

she can stay as long as she swears
that when she breathes it will be her own air
she'll state her case and take up space
and that suffocates-
the professional

there is a sound that they want you to hear
to drown out the voice that plays in your ear
they hand you the world's biggest razor blade
an amateur bleeds but she hardly gets paid

she can stay as long as she swears
that when she breathes it will be her own air
she'll state her case and take up space
and that suffocates-
the professional

you better watch what you, you better watch what you say! no way!
they're coming after you, they'll get into your head
your head, your head, head

(I have no idea what they say here. If I had to sing something to it, I would sing this:
you wanna rock, oh I'm coming through, oh
wa-ooh, wa-ohh, wa-ooh!
I'm gonna rock what they don't want to do is
called, called con-tro-ooh-oh-ooh-ol)

she can be mad but they'll let her know
the scorched earth allows nothing to grow
and she'll be blamed but feel no shame
cuz she'll have stopped-
the professional

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