Could'a Took a Green Belt

ttto: Should'a been a Cowboy.
filked by: Lord Sanzio Sansovino

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I bet you never heard a Laurel's apprentice say,
I gotta bruise that doesn't seem to be going away.
Why did that knight have to hit me so hard,
I bet I wouldn't get hit like that if I was a bard.
But I am a squire who's learning to fight,
and I have aspirations of becoming a knight,
but when I look back on my career vein,
I could'a done something - that doesn't cause pain.

(chorus)

I could'a took a green belt,
I wouldn't be as sore at night.
Wearing my doublet and my floppy hat
with my footed tights.
Stealing the ladies' hearts,
with my dance skills so svelt,
singing those period folk songs,
Lord, I should'a took a green belt.

I would have a lot more room to pack my gear,
if I didn't have to put my armor rig in the rear.
Not to mention all of the weapons and shields,
that's enough weight to make your poor shocks squeal.
Going to an event with room to spare,
is something that a squire finds oh so rare.
and I'll not get any more holes in my clothes,
and I'll never hear: "You're not fighting - IN THOSE!"

(chorus)
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