On the one they'll catch ya   If you skirt disaster   On the day they told her   But she want stay stay     On the one they saw ya   Witnesses of goya   Elected to serve ya   Til your dying day     I hope you don't get what you're after   I hope you don't get what you're after     To whom it may concern   I'm writing on behalf of brother   Twice burned   Do you be reachin your time   Just a product of your mind     But when you continue let loose on the running man   You send him crashing to edge of the pavement   You're doing something you don't quite understand   Makin' like he's a lesser man   So be gone be gone to plea   You got your vehicle to ride on   Off to the comissioner as fast as you can   With your smokin' gun in hand     In your gunship gunship   Gunship politico   I hope you don't get what you're after   In your gunship gunship   Gunship politico   I hope you don't get what you're after   In your gunship gunship   Gunship gunship   In your gunship gunship   Gunship gunship     Six men on their knees   Eyes shinin' in the highbeams of the search light   Cop's shadows on the wall several stories tall   Instilling whoa such a fright   One's kicked in the gut   He's all cut up by the corner cop   One stands in defense in a broken sentence   Asks not to be shot   If you please   You men of authority   We do not speak your language see   Please act accordingly     He was't beggin   He was just keepin time with his cup   You go on and believe that   You keep your eyes staight up   I was just lookin   I had no intention to touch   But i know when i'm not welcome   So i thank you very much     See a see a   See the woman there demonstrate   See a see a   See them know but they will not say   See a see a   See them set the trial date   See a see a   The confidence on the DA's face     Watch out for them politicos   Watch out for them politicos   Watch out for them politicos   Watch out for them politicos     Don't mess mess with the down downpresser way   They got it down pat they got it down to a tee   Noone gets thru the lockstep jaw   You ain't guilty but you did get caught   So for lack of a better suspect we nominate you   To ride this one out to see this one thru   See a see a see a see a   Arms thrown up in an ever fearful protest   As the firing squad would ever think to notice   As if he could summon the likes of moses   To put the blood back in his friends veins     And if you one step faster   You can skirt disaster   But if its not you it'll be the next guy   Who's the wrong color at the wrong time     Another day's over and the decision still stands   His honor in his chambers still washin' his hands   You know he been fiddlin in his room all day   Just tryin to wash all his conscience away     Noone's askin for hangman's tree   They just looking for something true to believe   See a see a   See them know but they will not say     He wasn't beggin   He was just keepin time with him cup   He wasn't beggin   He was just keepin time with him cup   He wasn't beggin   He was just keepin time with him cup   You go on and believe that   And you keep your ash tray up   I was just lookin   I had no intention to touch   But i know when i'm not welcome   So i thank you very much