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Intro

You can try sneaking around if you like

 By the wharf, or away in the woods

Poaching at lobsters, and deer and the like

 Doesn't that homebrew taste good?

 You can say you were hiking, pretend that you're lost

 But you'll smell like a drunk in the end

 It's a small town and the word will get round

That you can be sure, my friend

You can grow plants in the bush, if you like

 Water them every day

Pick a nice spot that is just out of sight

 Sunny but out of the way

Then when the time comes to harvest your crop

 Some kids cut them down in the end

 It's a small town and the word will get round

That you can be sure, my friend

You can try cheating on your lovely wife

 There's always a goer around

Take her out back in the bush, if you like

 Do everything not to be found

 Pants round your ankles, you fumble about

 Wondering how this one will end

 It's a small town and the word will get round

That you can be sure, my friend

So I went running as fast as I could

 From the scene of all my crimes

I imagined a life somewhere else far away

 Hoped I'd fall under the times

 I'd claim I was orphaned and came from out west

 And start fresh all over again

 But in my small town, the word will get round

That you can be sure, my friend

 Oh that you can be sure my friend