nervous shakedown lyrics

"Freeze", said the man, cruisin' the beat

"You get your hands up, spread your feet"

"Don't you move an inch", I heard him say

"Or you'll be doin' time till the judgment day"

And he said:

"Don't tell me no lies, give me alibi's"

"'cause if you cross my path you've been doing life"

It's a dirty lie

It's a shakedown -- and it's a nervous shakedown

A nervous shakedown -- another nervous shakedown

"Take you dime" said the man, "you can make one call"

And get a one-way ticket to the County Hall

Well the judge looked high and I looked low

And when he smiled at me it was a one-man show

He said:

"Two to five the jury decides"

"Double parole if you survive"

It's a dirty lie

It's a shakedown -- and it's a nervous shakedown

A nervous shakedown -- another nervous shakedown

Law is gonna get you this time And throw away the key