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He hit the dance hall round about mid-nine |
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Gin and juice and he's a'feelin fine |
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Come the morning all the sounds went up |
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Police, The Man said the joint was shut |
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All the brothers gettin' busted outside |
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Undercover officer readin' them their rights |
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"A one way ticket boy, you're prison bound." |
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The night the lights in Dowlais went down, 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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The meek ain't gonna inherit shh... |
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I want to know right now |
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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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The meek ain't gonna inherit shh... |
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I want to know right now |
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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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Pickin' pockets for some easy money |
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'Cause she blew the goddamn lot on the National Lottery |
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Steals a paper to check the front page |
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Headlines read "The dance hall can't be saved" |
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How can they open up an opera house? |
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On the night the lights in Dowlais went down, yeah |
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So how long we gotta wait until |
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We get the keys to the mansion on the hill? |
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The meek ain't gonna inherit shh... |
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I want to know right now |
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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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The meek ain't gonna inherit shh... |
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I want to know right now |
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I tell you now |
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Tweak-freak Tony on the four-to-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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A little taste of toot and now he's bullet proof |
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Tony tunes to underground radio |
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On the night the lights in Dowlias went down, 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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The meek ain't gonna inherit shh... |
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I want to know right now, I want to know right now |
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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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The meek ain't gonna inherit shh... |
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I want to know right now, yeah sing it now! |
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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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The meek ain't gonna inherit shh... |
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I want to know right now |
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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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The meek ain't gonna inherit shh... |
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I want to know right now |