The Critic - Toby Keith

[00:16.62]Tell it like it is
[00:17.38]He gets up real early on his mornin' drive
[00:21.4]Down to the office for his 9to 5
[00:23.73]He drives a 94
[00:26.5]2ton
[00:27.37]Economy car
[00:29.5]Loves to tell the local bands down at the bar that he's the critic
[00:35.76]Yea
[00:36.31]I can hook you up
[00:38.04]I know everybody
[00:39.98]In the business
[00:41.09]He flunked junior high band he couldn't March in time
[00:45.23]He tried to write a song once
[00:47.64]He couldn't make it rhyme
[00:49.41]He went two or three chords on a pawn shop guitar
[00:53.5]He just never quite had what it took to be a star
[00:57.44]So he's a critic
[01:00.47]I work for the gazette man I got a real job
[01:04.97]He did a 5star column on a band he never heard
[01:09.770004]He did a bluegrass review about an unkind word
[01:14.13]He thought it was time to ask his boss for a raise
[01:18.04]His boss said I can't even tell if anybody's even readin' your page
[01:24.38]Yeah
[01:25.31]So he thought
[01:28.38]And he thought a little more
[01:32.32]He caught a young hot star headin' into town
[01:36.39]And then he hid behind his typewriter and gunned the boy down
[01:40.56]Here come the letters
[01:42.84]The e mails
[01:43.78]The faxes
[01:44.509995]They raised him to 20000dollars after taxes
[01:50.22]He's a happy critic
[01:52.17]He's rollin in the dough
[01:55.64]Man I could do this forever
[01:57.34]This is easy everybody's readin' my column
[02:02.08]Please don't tell my mom
[02:05.34]That I write the music column for the gazette
[02:09.55]She still thinks I play piano down at the cathouse
[02:14.07]Let's get funky with this now boys
[02:21.59]Play it on out
[02:23.95]Come on shannon
[02:27.09]There's ole biff jumpin' in
[02:29.85]Is layin' it down
[02:33.95]Come on shannon
[02:38.15]Aww yea
[02:41.42]My man steve
[02:44.08]Man my fingers are gettin' tired
[02:50.59]Y'all gonna have to hurry
[02:59.86]This snappin' thing
[03:02.56]Wearin' me out
[03:06.05]Hello shannon
[03:08.54]Guess he's on coffee break man
[03:13.25]They're gonna love you 'cause they already love me
[03:18.53]Yeah
[03:20.75]It's the critic