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