when we were at school i thought he had it sussed    fighting the law with the rest of us    smoking, drinking, acting cool    'til they started treating him like a fool    then he stayed on his own    for most of the time    dreaming dreams of a life of crime    in and out of trouble,    he cheated and lied    but who'd have thought he'd join the other side    (chorus) he's in the riot squad,    the wanna fight squad    the shoot on sight squad,    for law and right    down to hendon with the boys in blue    it's amazing what a few weeks can do    out in the car, out on the street    south of the river on the frontline beat    cracking heads, it was all a game    a finger was pointed, and he got the blame    now he's back where he started,    he ain't got a pound    queing with the sorts he used to kick around.