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Bootleg Saint Tab

by Sam Roberts



Come make your complaint to the Bootleg Saint 

He's been gone, keepin' on, keepin' on for your freedom 

Black boots, brown skin he has chemical roots 

He's taking back the city one sinner at a time 

                       
He'll sacrifice if you pay the price
 

He remembers a time when everything was alright 

We had water from wine, the streets were alive 

Then old Captain Industry who sold his soul at Wounded Knee 

Bought himself a little property 

The Saint had found his enemy
 
                       
He'll sacrifice if you pay the price 

                          
The laws might sleep, but they never die 
                               
Lions for sheep - an eye for an eye 

                                                   
He wears a ring with the brand of a three-legged dog 
                                          
His rose-coloured glasses cut through the fog 

                     
The laws might sleep but they never die 
                                 
Lions for sheep, an eye for an eye 


He came down on a storm cloud hard as the Amazon rain 

Took him on, took him on and on 

And you can pay your respects in the form of a cheque 

He's taking back the city one sinner at a time 

                       
He'll sacrifice if you pay the price 

                         
The laws might sleep but they never die
                                
Lions for sheep, an eye for an eye 
                           
The Bootleg Saint, well he walks the line 
                              
Between an everyman hero and a waste of time