Intro
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I hit the dance floor around about midnight
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Gin and juice and I was feelin’ fine
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Come the morning all the sounds went up
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Police man said the joint was shut
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All the brothers gettin' busted outside
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Undercover officers readin' them their rights
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It’s a one way ticket boys you’re prison bound
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The night the lights in Dallas went down
Chorus
So
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How long we gotta wait until
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We get the keys to the mansion on the hill
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How long we gotta waste our time
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Boardin' a bus that's bound for the welfare line
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She shakes the blues off then she tries her luck
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Makes a little bet, hopes her horse comes up
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She’s pickin' pockets for some easy money
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Blew the damn lot on the lottery
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She steals a paper, checks the front page
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Headlines read the dancehall can't be saved
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How can they open up an opera house
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The night the lights in Dallas went down
Chorus
So
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How long we gotta wait until
F# D# A#
We get the keys to the mansion on the hill
A#
How long we gotta waste our time
F# D# A#
Boardin' a bus that's bound for the welfare line
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Welfare line…
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Tweek freak Tony on the four two eight
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Special branch sting right time wrong place
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Columbian connections in the corridors of power
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Mean the man on the money ain't ever goin' down
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Lord Lucky takes his lady to the Magic Flute
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Little taste or two thinks he's bullet proof
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Tony tunes the underground radio
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On the night the lights in Dallas went down
Chorus
So
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How long we gotta wait until
F# D#
We get the keys to the mansion on the hill
A#
How long we gotta waste our time
F# D# A#
Boardin' a bus that's bound for the welfare line
Finish how you like! Do another chorus or two!!