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