SALES TAX ON IT (BUT IT'S THE SAME THING)
(McCoy)

Harlem Hamfats - 1936


Listen here boys, don't start no fuss
About these women selling their stuff
But it's the same thing, it's the same thing
They got the sales tax on it, but it's the same thing

Some sell it high, some sell it low
It's done gone bad, and they can't sell it no more
But it's the same thing, it's the same thing
They got the sales tax on it, cause it's the same thing

I'm going up the river, to sell your sacks
It'll be here, when you get back
But it's the same thing, it's the same thing
They got the sales tax on it, but it's the same thing

I done been up the river, sold my sacks
I can buy, but I can't pay no tax
But it's the same thing, but it's the same thing
They got the sales tax on it, but it's the same thing

Big mama told me, little mama told me too
"Come on home, let that do"
Because it's the same thing, it's the same thing
They got the sales tax on it, cause it's the same thing

Went out last night, sure I could be fooled
Tried it once, broke my tool
But it's the same thing, but it's the same thing
They got the sales tax on it, but it's the same thing







(Contributed by Mel Priddle - June 2011)