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Cops & Lawyers

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This funky James Brown-meets-Cream jam features a scorned woman lyric with a sassy Ruby vocal and melodica hook, ending with a major jam fading into the funk blue yonder…

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Cops & Lawyers
©Billy Carl Mancini (aka Bill Mason), Bonk Zone Music ASCAP

Well, we’ve been together for so long
I get to feeling that you’ll do no wrong
I even think I wanna wear your diamond ring
I like to stand so close to you
I like to give you money too
And I believe that every word you say is true
Hey, hey

But now you look me in the eye
You say our love has been a lie
And all the time we spent together was in vain
You wanna be with another woman
You wanna throw away our plans
I can’t believe you’d wanna cause me so much pain

Now get out of my house—get away from my car
‘Cause I’m gonna call a copper—I’m gonna call a lawyer
Pack up your stuff, ‘cause I’ve had enough
And I’m gonna call a cop now, I’m gonna call a lawyer

How could I have been so blind
And think that you would just stay mine
To think you’d be the loving kind
If I fall in love again
I’d better get a bodyguard
And keep a lawyer in my yard
No one told me life would be so hard

Don’t wanna hold your hand
Don’t wanna understand
Don’t wanna talk about it
I don’t think I can
Don’t wanna see your face
Don’t wanna be disgraced
Don’t wanna hear about it
So just pack your suitcase
Don’t wanna be erased
Don’t wanna be defaced
Don’t wanna be your slave
So just walk away
Don’t wanna be ashamed
Don’t wanna be to blame
Don’t wanna know your name
Don’t wanna talk about it
Don’t wanna hear about it
Don’t wanna know about it
Don’t wanna see about it
Don’t wanna do about it
No, no

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from Bird Mancini, released April 15, 2002
Ruby Bird melodica, lead vocal
Billy Carl Mancini guitars, background vocals
Sven Larson bass
David Roy Kulik drums

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Bird Mancini Boston, Massachusetts

“…a cosmopolitan fusion…pop music in the most adventurous, inclusive sense of the term.” -The Boston Globe

Ruby Bird and Billy Carl Mancini, better known as BIRD MANCINI, Boston's acclaimed accordion/guitar rock duo/band features eclectic and at times a bit psychedelic rock with lush vocal arrangements, blues-tinged guitar, accordion, harmonica, and a variety of percussion, bells and whistles. ... more

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