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"All Around Man"
I ate the cleashay
I hate the cleashay's son
I talk to the jury
I see it's just begun.
I ain't the D.A.
I ain't the D.A.'s son
I talk to the jury
I see justice is done.
"All Around Man"
I hate the D.A.
I hate the D.A.'s son
I talk to the jury
I said justice is done.
I ain't the D.A.
I ain't the D.A.'s son
I talk to the jury
I see justice is done.
"Brute Force And Ignorance" (MP3)
City slickin' country hicks
They can't want it all.
City slick and country hick
They came one and all.
"Brute Force and Ignorance" (MP3)
On the picture of the poster
There's an outlaw or two.
The picture on the poster
Raised an eyebrow or two.
Well did you ever wake up
With that war woman on your mind
Sit there laughin'
Laughin' just to keep from dryin'.
Well did you ever wake up
With that one woman on your mind
Sit there laughin'
Laughin' just to keep from cryin'.
You put on your castle
And I will put on mine
Together Mattie Mae
We're gonna cruise on down the Y.
You put on your cat clothes
And I will put on mine
Together pretty babe
We're gonna cruise on down the line.
I don't know about the studio version, but this is what it sounds like on the BBC Sessions cd.
etched in blue
edged in blue
"Got My Mojo Workin'"
Keep you here on ice
Keep you here all night
You know that I'm a pistol man
Send Ashley to her room
That's the one I'd like to keep
If I had a Jew.
You know that I'm a peaceful man
Now as a general rule
Now that's the way I'd like to keep it
If I had to choose.
The first man I wanna see is the s*** police
The first man I wanna see is the Chief of Police
I went down on the dirty first street
To pick up a jerk of alcohol.
I went down on 31st Street
To pick up a jug of alcohol.
"Used To Be"
Mother cat used to be my used to be
Better get used to bein' my used to be