Gotta Hurt Somebody
You can't go through this life without hurting something, someone. It's just a fact you have to swallow.
Another of my “remixes”. I didn’t spend much time on this, I blasted it out in one take. I might do a revisit but will have to wait for another 2 bottle of wine night … I had the song in my head during my long ride on the bike and when I got home, I drank my wine and just put on the back track and belted out my own version. “The words come, the paper flies away …”
My words follow the original but with some twists.
Gotta Hurt Somebody
You may be a refugee from Myanmar or Angola
You may love to pray, you might eat granola
You may be the hot dog eatin’ champion of this world
You may be a Jesus freak with a long head of curls.
But you're gonna have to hurt somebody, yes it seems
You're gonna have to hurt somebody
Well, it may be your neighbor or it may be a friend
But you're gonna have to hurt somebody
You might be a single mother, screaming she’s not been paid
You might have wisdom at hand, almost a saintly sage
You may be a pious politician or some social influencer
They may call you holy one or they may call you sir
But you're gonna have to hurt somebody, yes you are
You're gonna have to hurt somebody (hurt somebody)
Well, it may be your neighbor or it may be a friend
But you're gonna have to hurt somebody
You may be an army chaplain, you might be a full on jerk
You may be the head of some big place where people hate their work
You may be blind or deaf, you may be strong or weak
You may be beggin in some city park love only you seek
But you're gonna have to hurt somebody, yes you are
You're gonna have to hurt somebody (hurt somebody)
Well, it may be your neighbor or it may be a friend
But you're gonna have to hurt somebody (hurt somebody)
You may be a steel worker walking on a beam
You may be thinking life is shit or you might think it’s a dream
You might save stray dogs and you might have saved your soul too
You might be somebody's boss, you might even be a kind one too
But you're gonna have to hurt somebody (hurt somebody)
Yes, you're gonna have to serve somebody (hurt somebody)
Well, it may be your neighbor or it may be a friend
But you're gonna have to hurt somebody (hurt somebody)
You may be a housewife with only goodness inside
You may be a prosecutor with a smile a mile wide
You may be preachin’ in a church, you may know how to contact God
You may a be famous hustler always carrying around a big wad
But you're gonna have to hurt somebody
Yes, you're gonna have to hurt somebody (hurt somebody)
Well, it may be your neighbor or it may be a friend
But you're gonna have to hurt somebody (hurt somebody)
Might like to wear panties, under your manly jeans
Might like to sing love songs while your wife cooks your beans
You might sleep in, you might never get any sleep
You may be driving taxi all night listening to a drunk woman weep
But you're gonna have to hurt somebody (hurt somebody) yes, it seems
You're gonna have to hurt somebody (hurt somebody)
Well, it may be your neighbor or it may be a friend
But you're gonna have to hurt somebody
You may call me crazy, you may call me sane
You may call me a big asshole, I might be who you blame
You may call me Big Guy, you may call me Dave
You may call me whatever but I’ll never be your slave
Still, you're gonna have to hurt somebody (hurt somebody)
Yes, you're gonna have to hurt somebody (hurt somebody)
Well, it may be your neighbor or it may be a friend
But you're gonna have to hurt somebody
Ah, yeah
(Hurt somebody)