On the one they'll catch ya 

If you skirt disaster 

On the day they told her 

But she want stay stay 



On the one they saw ya 

Witnesses of goya 

Elected to serve ya 

Til your dying day 



I hope you don't get what you're after 

I hope you don't get what you're after 



To whom it may concern 

I'm writing on behalf of brother 

Twice burned 

Do you be reachin your time 

Just a product of your mind 



But when you continue let loose on the running man 

You send him crashing to edge of the pavement 

You're doing something you don't quite understand 

Makin' like he's a lesser man 

So be gone be gone to plea 

You got your vehicle to ride on 

Off to the comissioner as fast as you can 

With your smokin' gun in hand 



In your gunship gunship 

Gunship politico 

I hope you don't get what you're after 

In your gunship gunship 

Gunship politico 

I hope you don't get what you're after 

In your gunship gunship 

Gunship gunship 

In your gunship gunship 

Gunship gunship 



Six men on their knees 

Eyes shinin' in the highbeams of the search light 

Cop's shadows on the wall several stories tall 

Instilling whoa such a fright 

One's kicked in the gut 

He's all cut up by the corner cop 

One stands in defense in a broken sentence 

Asks not to be shot 

If you please 

You men of authority 

We do not speak your language see 

Please act accordingly 



He was't beggin 

He was just keepin time with his cup 

You go on and believe that 

You keep your eyes staight up 

I was just lookin 

I had no intention to touch 

But i know when i'm not welcome 

So i thank you very much 



See a see a 

See the woman there demonstrate 

See a see a 

See them know but they will not say 

See a see a 

See them set the trial date 

See a see a 

The confidence on the DA's face 



Watch out for them politicos 

Watch out for them politicos 

Watch out for them politicos 

Watch out for them politicos 



Don't mess mess with the down downpresser way 

They got it down pat they got it down to a tee 

Noone gets thru the lockstep jaw 

You ain't guilty but you did get caught 

So for lack of a better suspect we nominate you 

To ride this one out to see this one thru 

See a see a see a see a 

Arms thrown up in an ever fearful protest 

As the firing squad would ever think to notice 

As if he could summon the likes of moses 

To put the blood back in his friends veins 



And if you one step faster 

You can skirt disaster 

But if its not you it'll be the next guy 

Who's the wrong color at the wrong time 



Another day's over and the decision still stands 

His honor in his chambers still washin' his hands 

You know he been fiddlin in his room all day 

Just tryin to wash all his conscience away 



Noone's askin for hangman's tree 

They just looking for something true to believe 

See a see a 

See them know but they will not say 



He wasn't beggin 

He was just keepin time with him cup 

He wasn't beggin 

He was just keepin time with him cup 

He wasn't beggin 

He was just keepin time with him cup 

You go on and believe that 

And you keep your ash tray up 

I was just lookin 

I had no intention to touch 

But i know when i'm not welcome 

So i thank you very much