Copper
(专辑: Legends Of The Lost And Found: New Greatest Stories Live - 1979)
If you were looking for a
way to make me mad it was a
sure fire way you found Acting like a
half wit fool, laying your money around Well I
came back here to tell you Lou, 'bout what you almost did Don't you ever put the
cash on the
counter Lou, when I'm with my kid Yeah the
kid's thirteen he's growing Lou, two years and he'll be bigger than me Still he thinks I'm strong as a
blacksmith and straighter than the
tall oak tree I
raised him alone ten years now since his Mama ran away And you ain't gonna blow his image of me for the
stunt like you pulled today They took the
copper right out of the
penny Lou They got the
pig locked up in the
pen But you're in big trouble with me, yes you If you ever do that again Ten bucks a
week protection don't mean I
can't knock you down You've got to treat me like a
living saint Lou, whenever my son's around Yeah the
kid wants to be a
policeman just like me You know he'll be a
good one the
way I
started out to be And he just might end up police chief, now wouldn't that be something to see? 'Cause then the
kid would kick right off of the
force all the
two-bit grifters like me They took the
copper right out of the
penny Lou They got the
pig locked up in the
pen But you're in big trouble with me, yes you If you ever do that again Ten bucks a
week protection don't mean I
can't knock you down You've got to treat me like a
living saint Lou, whenever my son's around I
guess it was when my old lady left me and she took off with a
salesman guy I
started to see things so differently, cut your own slice out of the
pie Yeah I
grew up and it came clear to me all the
smart cops on the
make You get a
silver badge not an old tin star when you're on the
take It's pimps and whores, punk gang wars, robberies and homicides When you walk the
beat with the
creeps on the
street, well there ain't no way to hide I
spent half my life without no wife riding herd on the
scum of the
earth I
learned the
tricks of the
trade from the
gutter parade and then I
prayed for all I'm worth Don't you know I
appreciate the
money Lou, 'cause it all goes into the
bank And when I
send my kid to college someday I'll have guys like you to thank Yeah ten bucks a
week on your grocery store means you don't have to worry 'bout crime But hold your money when the
kid's with me you can pay me double next time They took the
copper right out of the
penny Lou They got the
pig locked up in the
pen But you're in big trouble with me, yes you If you ever do that again Ten bucks a
week protection don't mean I
can't knock you down You've got to treat me like a
living saint Lou, whenever my son's around Ten bucks a
week protection don't mean I
can't knock you down You've got to treat me like a
living saint Lou, whenever my son's around