Dictator

Album: Cut the Crap (1985)
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  • Yes I am the dictator the more guns I got the better
    Yes I am the liquidator I carry the old Beretta
    You know there once was freedom
    You know how dangerous that can be
    The people used to dance and sing
    And they used to run wild in the streets
    But now I am the voice
    Howling from your radio
    From my armor plated Cadillac
    You'll hear what I say goes

    Yes I am the dictator I satisfy the U.S. team
    I always do my killing in the woods and keep the city gutters clean
    Cause I need a few more dollars
    For my fighter pilot to be free
    To dive bomb on the population
    If they go running wild in the streets
    Yes I am that voice, etc

    Yes I am the crusader I spent twenty years in exile
    But now I am the invader and I'm never never gonna die
    Yes I am the dictator my name is on your ballot sheet
    But until my box has your cross you know the form is incomplete
    And you know, etc Writer/s: Bernard Rhodes, Joe Strummer
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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