The Big Heat Lyrics by Stan Ridgway

The Big Heat Lyrics

    The room was dark, it looked like someone had to get out fast
    A window open by the fire escape
    How long have you been following this guy, the bellboy asked
    Not long enough, 'cause we got here too late
    And everybody wants another piece of the pie today, he said
    You gotta watch the ones who always keep their hands clean

    Chorus:
    It's the big heat, there's someone followin' you
    It's the big heat, step aside, we're comin' through



    Well, we followed him from tuscon, ended up in baton rouge
    We trailed him with information by
    A woman he knew in barstow that would like to see him dead
    That was four weeks ago¨c¨cwell, maybe five
    And everybody wants another piece of the pie today," she said
    You gotta watch the ones who always keep their hands clean.


    Chorus repeat x2


    A block away he wondered if he'd left behind a clue
    The front page of the paper dated 19921
    He remembered when he used to be the chairman of the board
    But that was when the world was young and long before the war
    And everybody wants another piece of the pie today, he said
    You gotta watch the ones who keep their hands clean


    Chorus repeat x2

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