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