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