LYRICS:

Government introduce alcohol prohibition

So up in Chicago I began a grand crime mission.

Stealing goods in the hood, my business on the rise

Illegal drink, avoid the clink because I’m organised.

They said: You’re bad! But I said strictly business.

They claimed: You robbed! But my good friends bear witness

All pure with innocent names like Golf Bag, Camel and Teats

Killer, Enforcer, Machine Gun; nicer guys you couldn’t hope to meet.

Local laws I abide; do as told by police tribes

Especially as they take my bribes. ‘Cos Al Capone gonna sell it to ya,

Downtown punk gonna flog it to ya, gangster Al gonna flog you too,

Saturday night and daytime too – want to buy a nice watch?

Downtown threat, that’s me; in my debt, you’ll be.

Downtown threat, that’s me; in my debt, you’ll be.

The law didn’t last ‘cos the government lost their bunk, they drowned in drink!

But I kept my head, sold milk instead, full throttle, get me in the pink.

When the milk went off it made a stink

So did I and my desire

Was force them to put on a sell-by-date

Or my friends would help them expire.

Tough guy scar on my face

Sent to jail on an income tax case

And history secures my final place

As the man who bought you the sell-by-date?

Can’t believe it’s gone off!