Don't Play Around (Soundcheck, Hammersmith Odeon, 1980)

[Intro]

One, two

One, two, three, four

One, two, three, four

[Verse 1]

He stuck a knife right into her gut

I wanna tell you she was lucky with what she got

But what she got was not enough

[Chorus]

She played around

Don't play around

[Verse 2]

I tried to tell her he was not so dumb

But she was as low as they come

She was scum, she was scum

[Chorus]

She played around

Don't play around

'Cause if you give your love to someone and that someone is bad

If you give your love to someone and they make you mad

If you give your love to someone, it's so sad

Don't play around

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]

He left her lyin' in a pool of blood

She was cryin', "Oh my God, oh my God"

She was no good, she was no good

[Chorus]

She played around

Don't play around

She'd be laughin' and dancin' the night away

She'd be laughin' and dancin' with any guy that came her way

But as her life's blood slipped away, I heard her say

"Don't play around"

[Post-Chorus]

Oh, don't play around

Don't play around

Don't play around

[Guitar Solo]