Rubber bullets    (video)

 

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1. I went to a party at the local county jail,

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    all the cons were dancing and the men began to wail.

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    But the guys were indiscrete, they were balling in the street,

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    at the local dance at the local county jail.

 

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2. Well, the band were playing and the booze began to flow,

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    but the sound came over on the police car radio.

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    Down at Precinct 49 having a tear gas of a time,

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    Sergeant Baker got a call from the governor of the County Jail.

 

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    Load up, load up, load up with rubber bullets !

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    Load up load up load up with rubber bullets !

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    I love to hear those convicts squeal,

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    it's a shame these slugs ain't real,

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    but we can't have dancing at the local county jail.

 

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3. Sergeant Baker and his men made a beeline for the jail,

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    and for miles around you could hear the sirens wail.

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    There's a rumour going down death row that a fuse is going to blow,

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    at the local hop, at the local county (jail).

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    What you gonna do about it, what you gonna do ?

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    What you gonna do about, it what you gonna do ?      + G - A - C - D

 

 

 

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    Sergeant Baker started talking with a bullhorn in his hand,

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    he was cool, he was clear, he was always in command.

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    He said, blood will flow here, Padre, Padre, you talk to your boys !

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    Trust in me, God will come to  set  you free.

 

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4. Well, we don't understand why he called in the National Guard,

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    when Uncle Sam is the one who belongs in the exercise yard.

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    We all got balls and brains, but some's got balls and chains,

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    at the local dance at the local county jail.

 

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    Load up, load up, load up with rubber bullets !

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    Load up load up load up with rubber bullets !

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    Is it really such a crime for a guy to spend his time

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    at the local dance at the local county jail ?

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    At the local dance at the local county (jail)

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    What you gonna do about it, what you gonna do ?

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    What you gonna do about, it what you gonna do ?  + G - A - C - D …

 

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