The Critic
Toby Keith

Tell it like it is


He gets up real early on his mornin' drive

Down to the office for his 9 to 5

He drives a 94' two tone economy car

Loves to tell the local bands down at the bar

That he's the critic, yeah, I can hook you up

I know everybody in the business


He flunked junior high band he couldn't march in time

He tried to write a song once, but he couldn't make it rhyme

He learned 2 or 3 chords on a pawn shop guitar

He just never quite had what it took to be a star

So he's a critic, I work for the gazette man

I got a real job


He did a 5 star column on a band you never heard

He did a bluegrass review without an unkind word

He thought it was time to ask his boss for a raise

His boss said, I can't even tell if anybody's even readin' your page

Yeah


So he thought and he thought a little more

He caught a young hot star headed into town

And then he hid behind his typewriter and gunned the boy down

Here come the letters, the emails, the faxes

They raised him to 20 thousand dollars after taxes

He's a happy critic yeah, he's rollin' in the dough


Man I could do this forever, this is easy

They're all readin' my column

Please don't tell my mama

That I write the music column for the gazette

She still thinks

That I play piano down at the cathouse


Let's get funky with this now boys, play it on

Come on Shannon

There's Ol' Bill jumpin' in

Glenn's layin' it down

Come on Shannon

Aah my man Steve


Man, my fingers are gettin' tired ya'll gonna have to hurry

This snappin' thing wearin' me out

There's Ol' Shannon guess he was on a coffee break

They're gonna love you

'Cause they already love me

Yeah, it's the critic


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  Huckleberry   Hurt A Lot Worse When You Go   I Ain't Already There   I Ain't As Good As I Once Was   I Ain\u2019t Already There   I Ain't Already There   I Can't Take You Anywhere   I Can't Take You Anywhere   I Don't Understand My Girlfriend   I Don't Understand My Girlfriend   I Got It Bad   I Got It For You Girl   I Know a Wall When I See One   I Know She Hung the Moon   I Like Girls That Drink Beer   I Like Girls That Drink Beer (Single)   I Love This Bar   I Need To Hear A Country Song   I Pick My Parties   I Shot All The U.S. Presidents   I Wanna Talk About Me   I Wanna Talk About Me !   I Wish I Didn't Know Now What I Didn't Know Then   I Won't Let You Down   I Won't Let You Down   I Won’t Let You Down   I'll Be Home For Christmas   I'll Never Smoke Weed With Willie Again   I'll Probably Be Out Fishin'   I'm Just Talkin 'bout Tonight   I'm Just Talkin About Tonight   I'm Just Talkin' 'Bout Tonight   I'm Just Talkin' About Tonight   I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying   I've Been A Long Time Leaving   I've Been A Long Time Leaving (But I'll Be A Long ...   I've Been A Long Time Leaving (But I'll Be A Long ...   I'll Be Home For Christmas   I'll Probably Be Out Fishin'   I'm Just Talkin About Tonight   I've Been A Long Time Leaving (But I'll ...   If a Man Answers   If I Had One   If I Was Jesus   If You're Tryin' You Ain't   If You're Tryin' You Ain't   In A Couple Of Days   In Other Words   Is That All You Got   It Works for Me   It's A Rape Rape Rape World   It's All Good   It's The 4th of Al Qaeda   It's A Rape Rape Rape World   It's All Good   Jackie Don Tucker   Jacky Don Tucker   Jacky Don Tucker (Play by the Rules Miss All the F...   Jesus Gets Jealous of Santa Claus   Joy To The World   Just Another Sundown   Just the Guy to Do It   Kissin' In The Rain   Kissin' In The Rain   Knock Yourself Out   Last Living Cowboy   Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow   Life Was A Play   Life Was A Play (The World A Stage)   Life Was A Play (The World Was A Stage)   Little Drummer Boy   Little Less Talk and a Lot More Action   Little Miss Tear Stain   Live Intro   Live Intro By Toby Of 'Courtesy Of The Red, White   Live Introduction By Toby Keith Of "Courtesy Of Th...   Live Introduction By Toby Of 'courtesy Of The Red,...   Loaded   Losing My Touch   Lost You Anyway   Love Fades   Love Me If You Can   Lucky Me   Made In America   Made In America (Single)   Mama Come Quick   Margaritaville   Mary, It's Christmas   Mary, It's Christmas   Me Too   Memphis   Memphis (Live)   Memphis [Bonus Track]   Memphis [Live]   Missed You Just Right   Missing Me Some You   Mockingbird   Mockingbird [#]   My List   Never Smoke Weed With Willie Again   New Orleans   Next Thing On My List   Nights I Can't Remember   Nights I Can't Remember, Friends I Can't Forget   Nights I Can't Remember, Friends I'll Never Forget   Nights I Can't Remember, Friends I'll Ne...   No Honor among Thieves   Note To Self   O Come All Ye Faithful   O Little Town Of Bethlehem   Old Toy Trains   Only God Could Stop Me Loving You   Only God Could Stop Me Loving You"(feat. 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