Released
March 01, 1974
Label
Columbia Records
Recorded At
Record Plant Studios, New York
Length
38:03
Discs
1

Credits
Tyler/Perry
Length
3:53
Additional Personnel
Michael Brecker (Tenor Sax), Stan Bronstein (Baritone Sax), Randy Brecker (Trumpet), Jon Pearson (Trombone), Steve Wagner (Guitar), Dick Wagner (Guitar)
First known play
1974-01-07
Most recent known play
2018-05-05
Total known full plays
712
Total times opening a show
21
Total times closing a show
2

Get yourself cooler, lay yourself low
Coincidental murder, with nothing to show
With the judge, constipation will go to his head
And his wife's aggravation, you're soon enough dead

It's the same old story
Same old song and dance, my friend
It's the same old story
Same old song and dance, my friend

Gotcha with the cocaine, they found with your gun
No smooth-faced laywer could get you undone
Said love ain't the same on the south side of town
You could look, but you ain't gonna find it around

It's the same old story
Same old song and dance, my friend
It's the same old story, same old story
Same old song and dance

Fate comes a-knockin', doors start lockin'
Your old time connection, change your direction
You ain't gonna change it, can't rearrange it
Can't stand the pain when it's all the same to you, my friend

When you're low down and dirty, from walkin' the street
With your old hurdy-gurdy, no one to meet
Said love ain't the same, on the south side of town
You could look, but you ain't gonna find it around

It's the same old story
Same old song and dance, my friend
It's the same old story, same old story
Same old song and dance