Guilty 'Til Proved Innocent lyrics

Now Jack and Jill went up the hill to join the Labour right
They couldn't pay the water bills, but that was alright
They thought they'd get a buzz from being a member of the party
So they could crash the ballot box, but that's another story

All I wanna be, something plain to see
Nothing special but just a priority
Just step back and see it's not the way to be

Come let me tell you about the shotguns of Hillfields
Let me tell you about the stenguns of Knightsbridge
Let me tell you about the Moss Side barretta
Let me tell you about the windows of my house

I'm not afraid of being afraid, I'm only fearful
I'm not afraid of being afraid, I'm only fearful

Let me tell you about the bombs in the Arndale
Let me tell you about the Welling election

Bernie Rhodes knows Don't Argue

Why must you record my phone calls?
Are you planning a bootleg LP?
Said you've been threatened by gangsters
Now it's you, that's threatening me

Can't fight corruption with con tricks
They use the law to commit crime
And I dread, dread to think what the future will bring
When we're living in gangster time

Don't call me scar face

I'm going out tonight
I don't know if I'll be alright
Everyone want's to hurt me
Baby danger in the city

I have to carry a knife
Because there's people threatening my life
I can't dress just the way I want
I'm being chased by the national front

Concrete jungle, animals are after me
Concrete jungle, it ain't safe on the streets
Concrete jungle, glad I got my mates with me

You're working at your leisure to learn the things you'll need
The promises you make tomorrow will carry no guarantee
I've seen your qualifications, you've got a Ph.D.
I've got one art O level, it did nothing for me

Working for the rat race
You know you're wasting your time
Working for the rat race
You're no friend of mine

You plan your conversation to impress the college bar

When you look, what do you see?
You only see the monkey not the man in me
But now I'm back, and that's a fact
Gonna show the next generation where I'm at

What I mean is to say
The way that I was is the same as I am today
Now if you're white, or if you're black
Remember you can't get the monkey off your back

And now you're running and you're running and you're running away

Out in the heat and the dust, well survival is tough
When he puts out his hand, yeah he's an angry young man

You say he don't feel no pain 'cos he's the man with no name
And the streets are his bed every night

And the boots on his feet, they walk a long lonely street
To the Heartbreak Hotel, out on highway to hell

You say he don't feel no pain 'cos he's the man with no name

Desmond is a big man, he is six foot one
He brought home an organ, just to have some fun
Pressure got too much, stardom take it's toll
Woh, his life is just one big black hole

Woh, Desmond you should've held your head up high
Not be dispirited when your feeling gets you down
As I sat there watching Desmond acting like a clown
My tears come falling down like rain

I never thought life could be so cruel
And now I have to break nearly every rule
Just to get survive
I need to get by

I get up in the morning and go to town
There's nothing there so I just hang around
Time passes by
But I still have to try

Stand up for what you want, stand up for all your needs
If you make your mind up, then you will succeed

Got this funny feeling going through my head
That if I go down to the pub I might just end up in bed
With a blond or a brunette or a red head or two
But oh what am I saying that'll never happen to you

Can this be right? Can this be wrong?
Doing what I'm doing all night long
I love to brag, I love to boast
And all the lads in the pub think I've had the most

A prostitute to your art
In debt before you start
You've made your bed, don't lose your head
Be careful of the sharks

Believe in what you're told
You're worth your weight in gold
Here comes the catch, you're on their patch
Twice over you've been sold

It's a long long road could you get back home
Old bridges you are burning
There's time to kill when you pay the bill

It ain't safe to walk out tonight
There's always someone ready to start a fight
What did I do? What did I say?
And did I look at you, the wrong way?

I don't know what's going on
But instead of having fun, you're gonna spoil the night

So don't you tell me that you're sorry
And don't you tell me it's all good

Leave it leave it leave it out

You've got to think for yourself, work it out
You've got to know when to talk, when to shout
You've got to know when to laugh, when to cry
You've got to know when to stay, when to fly

It's no big deal
To say how you feel
Talk about it
Talk about it now

You've got to know what is real, what is fake
You've got to know when to give, when to take

It's no big deal
To say how you feel

So what's the point of thinking deep
I bite my nails and I'm losing sleep
Goes round and round and will never halt
It's all gone wrong and it's all my fault
I used the sugar when I needed salt
Things ain't cooking for me, as you see

I need a laugh so I take a drink
Ain't it strange how they start to shrink
I swig a river and I cry a lake
It's all gone wrong and it's my mistake

I'm putting away my working clothes for the weekend
I ain't gonna do that job no more
I'm tired of being used and mistreated
So tired of being feeling on like a cloud

This time I think I'm going to lose my mind
Can't take it take it take it no more
I've only the one life live
But the time, oh it seems so short
So short, yeah

I'm working in the church yard every morning

Going around causing disturbances
Don't you know you'll never win
You've got your family running around
Trying to stop you from going down

It's you, that I'm talking to
It's you, that I'm talking to

Have you heard the latest news?
About the boy who was shot and abused
The funny thing is, that's not all
It was your name that was called

It's you, that I'm talking to

How can you be so horrible?
The things you say are terrible
You make me feel ashamed
When you call me names

How come you think it's wise
To tell those wicked lies
You play such silly games
When you call me names

Stones and sticks don't hurt like bricks
No skin off my nose
I'll take the flack and hand it back
It's just the way that it goes
You dish the dirt but names don't hurt

Tears in my beer, Well it just ain't clear
I had a dream, Well so it seems
She's in the sun, Not having fun
And I'm standing here, Just the lonely one

Tears in my beer, Here comes another year
Seen it all before, Just like a closing door
There was a time, When she was mine
Well it's so long ago, Does she want to know?

I know you just think that I'm just singing the blues