Midnight Log Lyrics by Clash, The

Midnight Log Lyrics

    Working for the devil
    You'll have to pay his tax
    That means going to see him
    Down among the racks
    You do his work so fine
    He'll remember you

    Worried for my friend
    As he shows me round the flat
    Where i don't wanna find him
    His lips an' eyelids black
    He don't believe my speech
    That lines can and should be drawn
    Lke if he had a shotgun
    The barrels would be sawn

    Swallowed by the river
    Swollen by the rains
    That leakin' ol' computer
    Of fingerprints and names
    Swimming in the river
    That floods the neighborhood
    I would call to you
    But it would do no good

    Voting for the law
    That's the general occupation
    First comes the public safety
    Second comes the nation
    You won't believe me now
    But there's been some illumination
    The wisest cops have realized
    They fucked the operation

    Cooking up the books
    A respected occupation
    The anchor and foundation of multi-corporations
    They don't believe in crime
    They don't know that it exists
    But to understand
    What's right and wrong
    The lawyers work in shifts

    'n speaking of the devil
    He ain't been seen for years
    'cept every 20 mins
    He zooms between me ears
    I don't believe in books
    But i read all the time
    For ciphers to the riddles
    An' reasons to the rhymes

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