Warren Zevon The Long Arm of the Law

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When I was young, times were hard
When I got older, it was worse
First words I ever heard:
„Nobody move, nobody get hurt!”

It’s the long arm, it’s the strong arm
It’s the long arm of the law

After the war in Paraguay
Back in 1999
I was laying low in Lima
Working both sides of the borderline

You can run, but you can’t hide

Well I have to live like a fugitive
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Someone’s coming after me!
And I’m running, running, yeah

Now don’t protest your innocence
Only the dead get off scot-free
When the judge says „Who done it?”
You’ll be crying, „Not me, not me!”

[Guitar solo – fade-out]