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I was driving home on the |
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Boulevard late one night |
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When I spied a cat over at the corner |
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Thumbin' all alone |
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Now as I passed him by |
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I heard him holler out "Hey!" |
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I slowed down to see what he said |
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He hollered, "Mmmmm, by any chance you goin' my way?" |
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I said "Why sure, baby, hop in and gimme a cigarette." |
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Just then he reached down in his pockets |
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And that was the moment that |
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I regret He hollered, "Reach for the sky!" |
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I said, "But I don't understand you, sir." "Don't give me no monkey business, This is the stopper in my hand." |
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Again, he says, "Uh, looky here, You see this here I got in my hand. This is a thirty-eight pistol Built on a forty-five frame, Shoots tombstone bullets And a ball and chain. He said " |
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Now, I-I-I- |
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I ain't tryin' to shake you up, |
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But, b-b-b but |
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I just want you to know |
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If the cops start to crowd me in |
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Then you gonna be the first to go. |
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Now looky here, don't even look back. |
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Just drive on just like nothing happenin'. |
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That's when he said, that's when he told me, |
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He said, "Don't even look back or nothin'" |
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He said, "Uh, now when I get to that red light..." |
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He wanted me to go to my left |
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And then jump back to my right |
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He says, "Now, uh, I want you drive up in that alley, N-n-n-n-not that alley, that alley over there! And pull up behind that liquor store, And keep a sharp look out at all times While I sneak in the back door." |
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That's when he told me, |
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He said, "Uh, keep you foot on that gas, And always be on gaurd, 'Cause when I come runnin' out of there with all that money..." |
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He wanted me to mash down on it real hard |
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He said, "Now, uh, don't let me come out there And find me a double-cross, Because I murder when the heat's on. He said, " |
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Reach for the sky!" I said, " |
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But I don't understand you, sir." " |
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Don't try no monkey business, |
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I gotta stopper in my hand." Wooo-weee, I was just sittin' there, just tremblin'! Just then a spotlight hit me dead in the face And this great big Chicago cop behind me said, " |
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Uh, move over a little bit, baby, |
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We gonna take your place." Just then this guy come runnin' out of the liquor store With all that money in his hand. He said, " |
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Oh, there you are." He made a mistake in the dark And leaped in the police car. They put the handcuffs on him I said, " |
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Child, your crime must have outgrew him!" And then they said, when the drove him away " |
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We gonna put you so far back in jail this time, |
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They gonna have to pump air into him." " |
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Reach for the sky!" I said, " |
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But I don't understand you, sir." " |
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Don't give me no monkey business, |
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This is the stopper in my hand." |