Nervous Shakedown

"Freeze", said the man, cruisin' the beat "You get your hands up, spread your feet" "Don't you move an inch", I heard him say "Or you'll be doin' time till the judgment day" And he said: "Don't tell me no lies, give me alibi's" "'cause if you cross my path you've been doing life" It's a dirty lie It's a shakedown -- and it's a nervous shakedown A nervous shakedown -- another nervous shakedown "Take you dime" said the man, "you can make one call" And get a one-way ticket to the County Hall Well the judge looked high and I looked low And when he smiled at me it was a one-man show He said: "Two to five the jury decides" "Double parole if you survive" It's a dirty lie It's a shakedown -- and it's a nervous shakedown A nervous shakedown -- another nervous shakedown Law is gonna get you this time And throw away the key