We've been watchin' the signs

We've been readin' the news

And now we're starin' amazed at

your shame-faced bluse

We shoulda guessed it

I guess we shoulda guessed it

You've been walkin' the line

Like a bad man's dream

Never pay who you lay

Never say what you mean

You should get arrested

Give us something to trust in

We've been wastin' our time on you

All we want is a fighting chance and you give us

Handstand weekends, peaches in the darkness

Cool hand dealin', leeches lookin' harmless

You should get arrested

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Has anybody seen the breakdown comin'

We're being guided by a ship of fools

On every street in every town

There's a hundred voices cryin'

For anybody standin' up for somethin'

You better hold on to your alibis

Cause life is a bitch when a fool gets rich

He can lie to survive and the young and alive

Get arrested

You got legacies, lawyers, abandoned grins

You're a criminal case with original sin

That we never shoulda messed with

We got mamas and kids standin' in line

For a couple of bucks, a couple of dimes

You should get arrested

Is this a system of justice

We've been wastin' our wealth on you

All we wanted was a fighting chance

and you give us

Jive in the boardroom, squeals in the bedroom

Red tape, files, bureaucracy in full bloom

You should get arrested

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