Gangsters

Album: The Specials (1979)
Charted: 6
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  • Bernie Rhodes knows don't argue

    Why must you record my phone calls?
    Are you planning a bootleg LP?
    Said you've been threatened by gangsters
    Now it's you that's threatening me

    Can't fight corruption with con tricks
    They use the law to commit crime
    And I dread, dread to think what the future will bring
    When we're living in gangster time

    Don't call me scar face

    Can't interrupt while I'm talking
    Or they'll confiscate all your guitars
    And Catch-22 says if I sing the truth
    They won't make me an overnight star

    Don't offer us legal protection
    They use the law to commit crime
    I dread to think what the future will bring
    When we're living in real gangster time

    Bernie Rhodes knows don't argue Writer/s: Jerry Dammers, John Bradbury, Lynval Golding, Neville Staples, Roderick Byers, Stephen Panter, Terry Hall
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Royalty Network, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • AnonymousOne of the best!
  • Myla from San Diego, CaA Specials classic!
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