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The Felice Brothers - Rockefeller Druglaw Blues
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G D C G
The exhaust from the prison van?s going to heaven but I?m going to Attica
G D C G
Gonna put a hundred miles between me and my dealing habit
G D C G
I?m watching Poughkeepsie move by in the afternoon rain
G D C G
My hands are turning blue from these cuffs they got me in
Em G
G D C G
I tried to keep my job at the dollar store
G D C G
Found out my mama was sick and a dollar wasn?t enough no more
G D C G
I promise you mama, I?m gonna get you them pills
G D C G
I got me a box of bags And a baker?s scale
Em G
15 grams of heroin
Em G
An ounce of speed
C D G
15 years to life
C G Em
Rockefeller, Rockefeller, Rockefeller
C G
That?s a long old time
G D C G
My brother was shot down on Warren Street a year ago tonight
G D C G
Can?t you see the medics with his body in the siren light
G D C G
I promise you, brother, I?m gonna be a good dad
G D C G
I?ma give our children something like we never had
Em G
15 grams of heroin
Em G
An ounce of speed
C D G
15 years to life
C G Em
Rockefeller, Rockefeller, Rockefeller
C G
That?s a long old time
G D C G
Twenty boys in orange clothes in the jailhouse yard
G D C G
Twenty needle marks on the arms of God
G D C G
500 picketers this morning on the governor?s lawn
G D C G
50 white stars, my darling, in the milky dawn
Em G
15 grams of heroin
Em G
An ounce of speed
C D G
15 years to life
C G Em
Rockefeller, Rockefeller, Rockefeller
C G
That?s a long old time
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Last Updated: November 30, -0001