[Verse 1]
Once in a while
Maybe you will feel the urge.
To break International Copyright Law
By downloading MP3s
From file-sharing sites
Like Morpheus or Grokster or LimeWire or Kazza.
But deep in your heart.
You know the guilt would drive you mad
And the shame would leave a permanent scar
Cause you start out stealing songs
Then you're robbing liquor stores
And selling Crack
And running over school kids with your car

[Chorus]
So don't download this song
The record store is where you belong
Go and buy the CD like you know that you should
Oh don't download this song

[Verse 2]
Oh you don't want to mess
With the RI double A
They'll sue you if you burn that CD-R.
It doesn't matter if you're a grandma
Or a seven year old girl
They'll treat you like the evil hard-bitten
Criminal scum you are

[Chorus]
So don't download this song (don't go)
Pirating music all day long
Go and buy the cd like you know that you should
Oh don't download this song

[Bridge]
Don't take away money
From artists just like me
How else can I afford another solid gold Humvee
And diamond-studded swimming pools
These things don't grow on trees
So all I ask is everybody
Please

[Chorus:]
Don't download this song (don't do it no no)
Even Lars Ulrich knows it's wrong (you could just ask him)
Go and buy the cd like you know that you should (you Really Should)
Oh don't download this song

Don't download this song (oh please don't you do it or you)
Might wind up in jail like Tommy Chong (remember Tommy)
Go and buy the CD (right row) like you know that you should (go out and buy it)
Oh don't download this song.

[Outro]
Don't download this song (no no no no no no)
Or you'll burn in Hell before to long (and you deserve it)
Go and buy the CD (Just buy it) like you know that you should (you cheap bastard)