SHOOT-OUT ON CLANCY ST.
THE SHOOTING BEGAN ON CLANCY STREET
BY DIXIE'S BAR
WHERE THE SWELLS ALL MEET
THE PLAN WAS TO GET THE CASH
GET OUT CLEAN AND MAKE THE DASH
BUT THINGS DIDN’T GO ACCORDING TO PLAN
SOME RAT TALKED AND TOLD THE MAN
TALKED TO MUCH AND THEN GOT DRUNK
AND NOW THE DEAL WAS SURELY SUNK
BENNY THE BLADE WAS DRIVING THE CAR
AND HE PUT THE HAMMER DOWN
THE ENGINE REVVED UP BUT DIDN’T GET FAR
CAUSE THE COPS WERE SOON AROUND
THE COPS YELLED OUT FOR ALL TO FREEZE
AN ORDER THEY ALL WOULD IGNORE
THE GUNS STARTED BLAZING
THE HELL THEY WERE RAISING
LOADING UP AND SHOOTING SOME MORE
LOUIE THE LIP WAS IN THE CAR
WHEN THE SHOOT-OUT WAS GOING DOWN
HIS BODY WAS TAKING ROUND AFTER ROUND
SO YOU KNOW HE DIDN’T GET FAR
LOUIE’S MAIN SQUEEZE WAS ON HER KNEES
WITH HER HEAD GLUED TO THE FLOOR
SCREAMING OUT AGAIN AND AGAIN
NO MORE, NO MORE, NO MORE
OFFICER TIM WAS HIT IN THE LIMB
CAUSE BENNY WAS BLASTING AWAY
BUT THE WOUND WASN’T BAD
WHICH MADE THE MAN GLAD
THAT HE’D LIVE TO THE END OF THE DAY
IGGIE THE DEALER WAS IN THE TRUNK
WHEN THE BULLETS WENT PLUNK, PLUNK, PLUNK
HE ENDED UP DEAD WITH A HEAD FULL OF LEAD
THE COST FOR SELLING HIS JUNK
OFFICER BROWN FELL DOWN TO THE GROUND
AND HIS SHOTS ALL WENT ASTRAY
BUT AS IT TURNED OUT
THE BULLETS RAN OUT
AND THE GANG HAD TO GIVE UP THE DAY
WELL THE GUN BATTLE ENDED
WITH THE GANG APPREHENDED
WHAT WAS LEFT TO LIVE THROUGH THAT DAY
IT WAS OFF TO THE CAN AS JUDGED BY THE MAN
TO PROVE THAT CRIME DOESN’T PAY
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