Last Of The Independents

Album: Live at Montreux (1980)
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  • I caught the Red-Eye at midnight
    In the nick of time
    On the seven four seven
    And we soon were flying high.
    Lord, I had no time to lose
    Things were getting hot
    Only I know where we stashed the loot
    The mob wants to know the spot.

    They got the muscle in from Cleveland
    The fire-power from Detroit
    They missed me in New Jersey
    Though things got pretty tight.

    Caught my scent in Richmond
    At the Hotel Savoy
    But I got out the laundry shute
    And went to Chicago, Illinois.

    I'm the Last of the Independants
    Yeah, they're searching coast to coast
    Only I know where we hid the loot
    Eleven years ago.

    I caught the Red-Eye at midnight
    In the nick of time
    On the seven four seven
    We soon were high and wide.
    The moon was laughing at me like it did not have a care
    But I just smiled right back and said
    'You ain't going anywhere'.

    Well, I want out of the rackets
    And the numbers game
    'Cos when you cross the big boss
    You only got yourself to blame.
    I won't sing like a canary
    And I won't go naming names.
    I don't need police protection
    I'll play it my own way.

    I'm the Last of the Independants
    Well, I play by my own rules.
    Yes, I'm the Last of the Independants
    The Syndicate, well, it don't approve.

    Well, I'm the Last of the Independants
    Well, I got to keep on the move.
    Well, I'm the Last of the Independants
    Well, I got no time to lose
    Time to lose. Writer/s: RORY GALLAGHER
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
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Comments: 2

  • Eric Zarbaugh from San Antonio TexasRory Gallagher blessed us with treasure chest full of the best music ever.
  • Nico from Amstelveen, NetherlandsThis is one of the hilights of rock 'n roll. I would like to paraphrase Winston Churchill on this magnificent performance: "Never was so much rock brought to so many by so few".
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