Franke & The Knockouts: Shakedown [lyrics]

Franke & The Knockouts: Shakedown [lyrics]

Franke & The Knockouts

Shakedown

With sidewalk fever

And the street for a stage

Surrounded by people

Who answered the page

Yeah the pavement was burning

From all the shuck and jive

You call it playing

They call it staying alive

Three card Monty

Ain't' known for his brains

He's got a car full of ladies

And a pocketful of change

Yeah you'll see them cruising

No they ain't hard to find

So don't let temptation

Play a trick on your mind

No don't let them take you down

You got to learn to move

To the sound of a...

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Shakedown, keep running

from a Shakedown

'Cause it's so hard to rebound

Running from a Shakedown

A Shakedown

Those sidewalk heroes

With no last name

They're hiding in shadows

Just running their game

And when the man's not looking

Oh the hand is quicker than the eye

So stash you money

Or kiss it good-bye

No don't let them take you down

You got to learn to move

To the sound of a...

CHORUS

Don't let them take you down

Keep running from a

Shakedown, a Shakedown

Don't let them take you down

You got to learn to move

To the sound of a...

CHORUS