Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Big Audio Dynamite
Big Audio Dynamite
Performer
Don Letts
Don Letts
Vocals
Leo Williams
Leo Williams
Bass
Greg Roberts
Greg Roberts
Drums
Mick Jones
Mick Jones
Guitar
Dan Donovan
Dan Donovan
Keyboards
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Don Letts
Don Letts
Composer
Leo Williams
Leo Williams
Writer
Mick Jones
Mick Jones
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Mick Jones
Mick Jones
Producer
Paul Smykle
Paul Smykle
Engineer
Renny Hill
Renny Hill
Assistant Engineer
Johnny Shinas
Johnny Shinas
Assistant Engineer
Chris Athens
Chris Athens
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Get three coffins ready
Huh? Ah
[Verse 2]
Covered wagon, medicine show
Take you to a place where the healing flows, ooh-ho
Weak in spirit we got the juice
Won't save your soul it'll shine your shoes, oh
Treated king to kangaroo
Santa Fe to Timbuktu, oh-ho
Don't be fooled by imitation
This is the stuff that cured a nation
We took the tube and the high plains too
Never stopped long just passing through
A drop of the laughter of the maids of France
Makes a hopeless cripple dance, oh
[Verse 3]
It was really vile weather
When we got tarred and feathered
You could hear the six-guns sound
As they chased us out of town
Whoa-ho
[Verse 4]
In India we're all the rave
Discovered that it's great as aftershave, oh-ho
Dropped in the sea just off Japan
Swapped twenty bottles for an aqua-walkman, oh
[Verse 5]
Immunity from ridicule
Improves your brains if you're a fool, oh-ho
And I read in the Middle East
Traded some for a hostage release
Now if you're bald it'll give you hair
If you've got straight trousers it'll give you flares
Feeling up, you'll get depressed
Out of style here's a brand new dress, oh
[Verse 6]
It was really vile weather
When we got tarred and feathered
You could hear the six-guns sound
As they chased us out of town
[Verse 7]
Who the hell is that? One bastard goes in, another one comes out
Turn around, turn around
Turn around, turn around
I'm innocent of anything
You making some kind of joke?
Oh, no
I don't think it's nice, you laughing
[Verse 8]
The stuff we sell is just the best
Passing all consumer tests, oh-ho
Days of heaven, nights of sin
Voodoo stick and shark's fin
When all around you seems like hell
Just one sip will make you well, oh-ho
Multi-purpose in a jar
If you ain't ill it'll fix your car
In days of yore for all bad feelings
Washing socks and stripping ceilings
Nowadays it's used medicinally
For all known human malady, oh
[Verse 9]
It was really vile weather
When we got tarred and feathered
You could hear the six-guns sound
As they chased us out of town
Whoa-ho
[Verse 10]
Wanted in fourteen counties of this state
The condemned is found guilty of the crimes
Of murder, armed robbery of citizens
State banks, and post offices, the theft of
Sacred objects, arson in a state prison
Perjury, bigamy, deserting his wife and children
Inciting prostitution, kidnapping
Extortion, receiving stolen goods, selling stolen goods
Passing counterfeit money
And contrary to the laws of this state, the condemned
Is guilty of using marked cards and
Therefore, according to the power
Vested in us
We sentence the accused here before us, Tuco Benedicto Pacifico Juan
Maria Ramirez
(Known as the Rat)
And any other aliases he might have
To hang by the neck until dead
May God have mercy on his soul, proceed
Duck, you sucker
I don't have to show you any stinkin' badges
Written by: Don Letts, Leo Williams, Mick Jones
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