Management will ease the strain
Take the pressure off your brain
Concentrate on being an artist
Go away and get some practice
Leave the business to the pros
Just go out and play more shows
Make more money for the kitty
Another night in another city
Ten percent of the life you lead
Ten percent of the air you breathe
Ten percent of the songs you sing
Ten percent of everything
You’ll never miss, miss ten percent
Until you miss, miss ten percent
You’ll wonder where, the money went
You’ll never miss, miss ten percent
Put your product on the shelves
Want some profit for themselves
When all the fingers take a cut
Then you’re left with, not a lot
Trample friendships with their greed
Sack the ones they cannot bleed
The business prospers once again
Till they’re thrown off the gravy train
Ten percent of the life you lead
Ten percent of the air you breathe
Ten percent of the songs you sing
Ten percent of everything
You’ll never miss, miss ten percent
Until you miss, miss ten percent
You’ll wonder where, the money went
You’ll never miss, miss ten percent
Miss ten percent, miss ten percent
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