The Word Is Out

The word is out, they’re gonna get me
The word is out, they’ll never let me
Stay with you and love you one more day
They’re coming here to lock me up
And throw the key away

Yes the word is out, somebody sold me
The word is out, oh baby hold me
I didn’t mean to kill that man last night
But he pulled a knife and came for me
And I was forced to fight

Yes the word is out, they got me running
The word is out, the cops are coming
They won’t believe my story ‘bout the knife
Cos I’m on the road, and all his friends
Will say I took his life
Yes the word is out

The word is out, so babe it’s goodbye
The word is out, oh baby don’t cry
I told you it was much too good to last
The future’s dead for you and me
We only got the past

Yes the word is out, they’re gonna take me
The word is out, they’re gonna break me
And put me out of sight behind a wall
When the only crime I’m guilty of
Is being born at all
Yes the word is out

The word is out
The word is out
The word is out, they’re gonna get me
The word is out, they’re gonna take me
The word is out, they’re gonna break me
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