What You Gonna Do

Album: The Defamation of Strickland Banks (2010)
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  • You can set me free or bang me up
    Just stop torturin' me tell me what you're gonna do, what you gonna do
    You can set me free or bang me up
    Just stop torturin' me tell me what you're gonna do, what you gonna do

    So here we are again, it's like deja vu
    Everyone lookin' at me tryin' to work out if I've been telling the truth
    The courtroom's the same, but the jury's changed
    And the judge is a she not a he still they all look the same to me, yeah
    It's just like it was, when I was here before
    'Cept my ex ain't here in the gallery showin' me support
    And that breaks my heart, 'cos I love her no doubt
    Still I know a song, I can sing if I ever get out
    But the chances of that even with this new evidence
    Comin' to light don't change the fact
    An innocent man went down first time,
    Man I'd be a fool to put my faith in them
    Only to be misplaced again, I remember how my heart felt breakin' then
    It don't wanna feel that hate again,
    Just do your worst 'cos it won't break again

    You can set me free or bang me up
    Just stop torturin' me tell me what you're gonna do, what you gonna do
    You can set me free or bang me up
    Just stop torturin' me tell me what you're gonna do, what you gonna do

    Yeah I've been through the wars, up in that jail
    What you got to do is look at the scars
    On my face to know that I've been through hell
    But I'm still breathin', yeah that's right I'm still here
    I survived through the darkest days
    In the darkest place from my darkest fears
    Ain't nothin' you can do to me, ain't already done 'cept shootin' me
    And people havin' a pop ain't nothin' new to me,
    That's what used to go on usually
    When I stay too long in one place,
    Will I get this new face by many more fights
    How different would things be now, if I'd just made it home that night
    Ain't even worth thinkin' about,
    What's done is done, you can't change the past
    Just please stop torturin' me and make a decision that's all I ask
    'Cause I'm ready to accept my fate, whatever the outcome of this case
    The only thing I can't stand is the wait,
    So hurry up already and decide today

    You can set me free or bang me up
    Just stop torturin' me tell me what you're gonna do, what you gonna do
    You can set me free or bang me up
    Just stop torturin' me tell me what you're gonna do, what you gonna do

    So what you gonna do, when you gonna make up your minds
    I've been here for hours now
    And I still ain't got a clue what you got in line
    Are you gonna send me back through the prison gates like you did before
    Or are you gonna set me free and let me live my life and know the score
    I'm sick sittin' here listenin' through
    This girl with the lies when I know the truth
    And I always have, she has too, the only people left to convince is you
    The jury's out on me, once again, whats new
    And now I'm past caring what fate they choose for me
    Just do what it is you're gonna do and
    Do it soon so I can get up out this room

    You can let me go, you can let me rot
    Wait for parole, wanna do the rest of the years I've got
    You can cut me loose, or you can bang me up
    'Cause to tell the truth, I don't really give a fuck

    You can set me free or bang me up
    Just stop torturin' me tell me what you're gonna do, what you gonna do
    You can set me free or bang me up (Bang me up)
    Just stop torturin' me tell me what you're gonna do, what you gonna do
    You can set me free or bang me up
    Just stop torturin' me tell me what you're gonna do, what you gonna do
    You can set me free or bang me up
    Just don't need me on a cliffhanger Writer/s: BENJAMIN PAUL BALANCE-DREW, ERIC APPAPOULAY, RICHARD CASSELL, TOM WRIGHT-GOSS
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Jenko from BedfordshireThis amazing song for ending on a damn cliffhanger. I love you Ben but why you gotta do this to me?
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