The Risk-Taker Lyrics by John North Wright

The Risk-Taker Lyrics

    The prosecutor cried “your honor!”
    Let him learn to ride the bus!
    And give up his fancy lifestyle
    And live like the rest of us
    Let him post a million-dollar bond
    And call in twice each day
    And serve to show the whole wide world
    That crime just doesn’t pay

    Guilty or innocent
    Still remains to be seen
    Guilty or innocent
    Still remains to be seen
    Guilty or innocent
    Or somewhere in between

    He was working for the agency
    Now there’s a payroll he must meet
    And a hundred federal agents
    Searching madly through the streets
    Looking high and low for everyone
    This risk-taker did cheat

    He came over to these islands
    Some seven years ago, I’m told
    To start a corporation
    That turned all he touched to gold
    Somehow he had the influence
    To use big names in its support
    Those big five corporations
    Who were never named in court

    Guilty or innocent
    Still remains to be seen
    Guilty or innocent
    Still remains to be seen
    Guilty or innocent
    Or somewhere in between

    He was out-scheming the agency
    Now there’s chains upon his feet
    And a hundred federal agents
    Searching madly through the streets
    Looking high and low for everyone
    This risk-taker did cheat

    The end smashed down so suddenly
    When he tried to slash his wrists
    All his big-time supporters were
    Sailing distant ships into the mists
    But all agreed his guilt was clear
    From innumerable acts
    As day by day the prosecution
    Filled the media with new facts

    Guilty or innocent
    Still remains to be seen
    Guilty or innocent
    Still remains to be seen
    Guilty or innocent
    Or somewhere in between

    He was the wizard of his day
    And now he’s faced with sure defeat
    And a hundred federal agents
    Searching madly through the streets
    Looking high and low for everyone
    This risk-taker did cheat

    Good people of these islands
    Who must soon decide his fate
    Please listen to these simple words
    From a man obsessed by hate
    When you’re in good with the agency
    You think your luck will always last
    When you’re in bad with the agency
    You’ll fall so far, so fast

    Guilty or innocent
    Still remains to be seen
    Guilty or innocent
    Still remains to be seen
    Guilty or innocent
    Or somewhere in between

    He was sleeping with the agency
    Now there’s stains upon the sheets
    And a hundred federal agents
    Searching madly through the streets
    Looking high and low for everyone
    This risk-taker did cheat


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