Copyright Wrong from MAPLESS by Horse Drawn Cadillac

COPYRIGHT WRONG ( S. Russonello / Intro R. Waters from the Wall )
Music Matt and Marcus Adamson/Wil Van Eckert/Drewe Peard

Mozart’s a thief, but he isn’t alone
Alice Cooper got copied by Joey Ramone
The Beach Boys gave Chuck that surfin’ feelin’
And when Dylan’s freewheelin’ ya know he’s freestealin’

Some down under boys write a hit song
Thirty years later their copywrite’s wrong
A Girl Scout ditty in ’34
The writer claims it’s God’s, doesn’t want more

There’s only so many chords
Are you suing the Bard for his words?
I hope you don’t have a hit,
You’ll surely get slapped with a writ!

Some larrikin got hold of the copyright
Four million dollars in a courtroom fight
Same chords, different story told
Write a song, lawyers take the gold

Did you hear the Kookaburras laugh
As the dogs ran them up a tree
Did you hear something in the refrain
Something so common that it’s public domain

There’s only so many chords,
Are you suing the Bard for his words?
I hope you don’t have a hit,
You’ll surely get slapped with a writ

Slap me with a Writ !

Led Zeppelin was the worst from the first
Already living with Leadbelly’s curse
They owe every bluesman in the land
And the devil owns the rights to Mr. Johnson’s left hand

Warner’s sued Fogerty for self plagiarizing
And Geffen tried Neil for not self-realizing
And the Bluesmen keep playing those songs so sad
They give to each other, keep taking from Trad

The Eagles tussled with Tull over Hotel California
And Jimmy took a page from Randy California
If your song is less than 4 chords I’m here to warn ya’


In the end it was a blow
They used a riff we all know
And they’re climbing the stairway to the courthouse

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