Ray Davies - Angola (Wrong Side Of The Law)

Angola (Wrong Side Of The Law) from Ray Davies album Working Man's Café
Release dates: 21 Oct, 2007 UK; 19 Feb, 2008 USA
stereo mix (4:29), recorded Mar 2007 at Room and Board Studios, Hermitage, Nashville,Tennessee (unconfirmed)

Written by: Ray Davies
Published by: Davray Music Ltd.

Angola (Wrong Side Of The Law)

Lying in bed, waiting for the drip to feed

Over my head, a movie on the
TV
Cops, killers ruling with the gun

Then a nurse comes in, time for the medication



Blame it on shock, blame it on the morphine

But my finger prints put me on the crime scene

Cruel twist of fate, it's like I'm in a really bad dream

I'm a victim of mistaken identity



And the ordinary people

All the passers-by

Shake their heads and sigh, 

"But for the grace of God go I"



They are just on the wrong side of the law

Livin' on the wrong side of the law

Victims each and every one

Now that bad guy's out there on the run

Heading for the setting sun



There's a jailhouse in Louisiana state

And in times like this I really do appreciate

The desperate cries of all of the inmates

'Cause once you're inside, they're gonna make you sit and wait

As time goes by, hear the criminals sing a sad, sad song

We were just on the wrong side of the law

Livin' on the wrong side of the law

Victims each and every one

Now the outlaw's living on the run

Heading for the setting sun



And ordinary people

All the passers-by

Are helpless on the wrong side of the law

Staring at the wrong side of the law

Every time we see the system fail

And the bad guys end up getting bail

While the good guys go to jail



Yeah, I might as well rot in Angola

For all the good the DA's done for me

I was the one who ended up taking the bullet

I'm lying here, but he's still running free

On the wrong side of the law

All Music Written, Arranged and Produced by Ray Davies
Co-Produced by Ray Kennedy

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[awebs121]

Awesome, WMC' came to this late but wow! this is such a remarkable visceral album..love ya!

[shrew972]

epic

[jamreaper]

goddamn it i love ray davies

what kind of guy would shoot him?