WRONG MAN TO PROVOKE

Intro

Verse 1 I ain't a story for the campfire I'm the calm at the end of the bar I ain't the wolf in nobody's fable I'm the line folks step over once I gave the warnin' I let the tab run long I held my number in my coat And you went and made it a song

Pre-Chorus I been patient as a fence post Fair as a coin called in the air But every ledger's got a last line And you just wrote yourself there

Chorus You picked the wrong man to provoke (WRONG MAN!) I'm slow the way a flood is slow I gave you fair — you spent it (SPENT IT!) Now everybody's gonna know

Verse 2 I don't brag on what I'm good at But a man should know his trade I never once went out lookin' And I never been hard to find I'd have loved to stay a stranger You're the one who introduced us Ten men told you ten plain times But you wouldn't fuckin' listen

Pre-Chorus I been patient as a fence post Fair as a coin called in the air But every ledger's got a last line And you just wrote yourself there

Chorus You picked the wrong man to provoke (WRONG MAN!) I'm slow the way a flood is slow I gave you fair — you spent it (SPENT IT!) Now everybody's gonna know

Bridge I told you once (TOLD YOU ONCE!) You got one warnin' (ONE WARNIN'!) It's a bad day to be stupid (BAD DAY!) And the bill's done come around (PAY THE BILL!) You kept pushin' (KEPT PUSHIN'!) On the wrong damn day (WRONG DAY!) You should'a walked (SHOULD'A WALKED!) And I'm fresh out of forgive (FRESH OUT!) Nobody clocked the quiet guy (QUIET GUY!) Now you know exactly who I am You had every chance to avoid this. You picked the wrong man to provoke (WRONG MAN!) I'm slow the way a flood is slow I gave you fair — you spent it (SPENT IT!) Now everybody's gonna know You picked the wrong man to provoke (WRONG MAN!) I'm slow the way a flood is slow I gave you fair — you spent it (SPENT IT!) Now everybody's gonna know

Outro [Spoken, calm, almost kind] ...I told you once.

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