Testo Cops and Robbers - Thee Headcoats
Testo della canzone Cops and Robbers (Thee Headcoats), tratta dall'album Irregularis (The Great Hiatus)
I was driving home on the boulevard late one night
When I spied a guy over on the corner bumming all alone
Now, as I passed him by, I heard him holler out, "Hey!"
I slowed down to see what he said and he hollers, um
"By any chance you going my way?"
I say, "Why, sure thing, baby, hop in and give me a cigarette"
Just then he reached down in his pocket
And that was a moment I regret
He hollered, "Reach for the sky"
I said, "But I don't understand, sir"
"Don't try no monkey business
I got this stopper in my hand"
Then he says, uh, "Look here"
You see this here I got in my hand?
This is a .38 pistol built on a .45 frame
Shoots tombstone bullets and a ball and chain"
He said, "Now I ain't trying to shake you up or nothing
But I just want you to know
If the cops start a-crowding me in any
You're gonna be the first to go
So now, lookie here, don't even look back
You just drive on just like ain't nothing happening"
That's what he told me
He wouldn't even let me look back or nothing
He says, "When I get to that red light"
He wanted me to go to my left, then jump back to my right
He says, "Now, I want you to drive up that alley
Oh no, not that alley, that one over there
And cool it behind that liquor store
And keep a sharp lookout at all times
Whilst I sneak in the back door"
That's what he told me
He said to keep my foot on the gas and always be on my guard
'Cause when he come running out of there with all that money
He wanted me to mash on it real hard
He said, "Now, don't let me come out
Of there and find me double-crossed
Because he's murder when the heat's on"
Wow, reach for the sky
I said, "But I don't understand, sir"
"Don't try no monkey business
I got a stopper in my hand"
Whoa, me, well, I was just sitting there trembling
And a spotlight hit me dead in the face
The cop car pulled up behind me and said
"Move up a little, man, we gonna take your place"
And then this guy comes running out of the store
With the money in his hand and he said, "Oh, there you are"
Ha, he made a mistake in the dark
And ran and leapt into a police car
When they put the handcuffs on him, I said
"Child, your crimes have outgrew him"
And then they said, "Yeah, we're gonna
Put him so far back in jail this time
They're gonna have to pump air into him"
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Writer(s): Kent Harris
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