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about

sung by Bill Burnett & Stephanie Courtney

lyrics

There are things you have you call your own.
Such as things you buy or rent or get on loan.
They're things you need to keep
A nice warm place to sleep that's not outdoors:
And those are your belongings.

Meanwhile there is music all around.
Songs you somehow pick out from the general sound.
At first you imitate them, then you take them
And make them yours.

Steal a song – steal it if you need a song to comfort you
Steal a song – just to steal yourself from boredom
Steal a song – steal a song and sing it to your own true love
Steal a song – steal this song

Steal this song
Steal it anytime
If you have a reason
Then please have the rhyme

You can steal this song
Going by the book
Taking liberties
Cop a riff, grab the hook

You can steal the verse
Or take the whole refrain
You can burn every bridge
Steal it all, still the song will remain

Steal this song, etc.

Steal this song – as I stole it from those who came before me
Steal this song – steal it in the name of freedom
Steal this song – free this song and then your mind will follow you
Steal this song – steal this song

Steal this song
'Cause there's plenty left
And it won't be missed
And it's not really theft

When you steal this song
You will not get caught
Because you steal what never
Should be sold or bought

Steal it with your voice
Or steal it with a pen
Or steal it on a tape
Then it can always be stolen again.

Steal this song, etc.

credits

from The Brian Woodbury Songbook, released December 1, 2000
vocals: Bill Burnett & Stephanie Courtney; guitar & lap steel: Marc Muller; upright bass: Chris Wood; drums & percussion: Jon Feinberg; accordion: Guy Klucevsek; violin: Mark Feldman, clarinet: Aaron Heick; synth xylophone: Elma Mayer

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Brian Woodbury Los Angeles, California

Brian Woodbury is a Los Angeles composer, lyricist and bandleader who writes musicals, post-modern jazz compositions, quirky pop, country songs and music for children's TV.

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