Dodgy Mate - Area-7

System of our social ills

You’re using crime to pay your bills

Shifty as a politician

Illegal profit is your mission

I’ve known you since we both were ten

But you were only small fry then

Once I laughed you off as funny

But now I’m broke I need fast money

My dodgy mate — he put me up to this

He had a lot of cash he knew I couldn’t resist

And now my dodgy mate is gonna put me into jail

There’s nothing new, there’s no surprises

In your range of enterprises

You’ve got your brains, you’ve got your muscle

Working on your next big hustle

I talked my way in on a job

Some old guys place we’re gonna rob

But we’ll need more assistance

To get the dough without resistance

(I was once warned of criminal behaviour)

(Go too far and there’s no on who can save ya)

My dodgy mate — he put me up to this

He had a lot of cash he knew I couldn’t resist

And now my dodgy mate is gonna put me into jail

Your mates have rocked up from Traralgon

In their rusty XA Falcon

Stopped by the cops the car is rusted

A routine check 'oh shit we’re busted'

I never made cent from crime

But now I’m locked up doin' time

You did your job you should have waited

You and your mates incarcerated

(You have the right to remain silent)

(Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law)

My dodgy mate — he put me up to this

He had a lot of cash he knew I couldn’t resist

And now my dodgy mate is gonna put me into jail (x2)