"Freeze!" said the man cruising 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 until the judgement day"

And he said, "Don´t tell me no lies, give me alibis
´Cause if you cross my path, you´ll be doin´ life"
It´s a dirty lie

It´s a shakedown (and it´s a nervous shakedown)
Another shakedown (another nervous shakedown)
Well it´s a shakedown (and it´s a nervous shakedown)
We got a shakedown
Another nervous shakedown

It´s looking like a set-up

"Take a dime," said the man, "you can make one call"
"You got a one way ticket to the county hall"
Well the judge looked high and I looked low
When he smiled at me it was a one man show

He said, "10-to-5, the jury decides
Double parole, if you survive"
It´s a dirty lie

Lord they´re gonna get you this time
And throw away the key

[Solo]
(Lock him up)

It´s a shakedown (and it´s a nervous shakedown)
Another shakedown (another nervous shakedown)
You got a shakedown (and it´s a nervous shakedown)
Well it´s a shakedown (another nervous shakedown)
Shake it down, shake it down (and it´s a nervous shakedown)
Well it´s a shakedown (another nervous shakedown)
Shake it down, shake it down (and it´s a nervous shakedown)
It´s a shakedown

It´s a shakedown on...
You

Yes