Crime Don't Pay
Joe Jackson"Crime Don't Pay" is a song by Joe Jackson, released in 2008 in the Pop genre. The song is 2:04 long and contains 20 lines and 109 words.
1:16I got drunk with a real nice guy last night
1:21In a mood to talk or fight
1:24And he said what's the matter
1:26You don't look like you do so bad
1:28I said I just been taking
1:30For everything I had
1:33Someone took a fancy to my wallet
1:35And my coat
1:37So what you smiling at
1:38Ain't you been in that boat
1:40It's something
1:41That there really should be
1:43Something done about
1:45He said don't knock it sonny
1:46That's the way I started out
1:48And now I got a nice suit
1:51I got a nice car
1:53It's been a nice day
1:54Don't tell me that crime don't pay
2:04Okay
I got drunk with a real nice guy last night In a mood to talk or fight And he said what's the matter You don't look like you do so bad I said I just been taking For everything I had Someone took a fancy to my wallet And my coat So what you smiling at Ain't you been in that boat It's something That there really should be Something done about He said don't knock it sonny That's the way I started out And now I got a nice suit I got a nice car It's been a nice day Don't tell me that crime don't pay Okay
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