Assault & Battery

The charge was assault and battery The judge said there'd be no bail The charge was assault and battery They dragged me off to jail I did no crime, she was no friend of mine Vengeance and justice went hand in hand But there's a law for the rich And a law for the poor And I'm just a workin' man I'm just a workin' man Yeah They took no notice of her tears But they were gettin' drunk on her fear I arrived in time to spare her fate That little girl would feel no shame I did no crime, she was no friend of mine Vengeance and justice went hand in hand There's a law for the rich A law for the poor I'm just a workin' man I'm just a workin' man The charge was assault and battery The judge said there'd be no bail The charge was assault and battery And they dragged me off to jail They turned on me mad, crazy and mean I stole 'em the cake, they were gonna cream They leapt on me like a pack of dogs Pullin' me down, they wanted me flogged Punchin' and fightin', I got to my feet Determined to leave their blood on the street If I went down now, they'd kick me to death That sweet little girl would be left a wreck I did no crime, she was no friend of mine Vengeance and justice went hand in hand There's a law for the rich And a law for the poor I've been a workin' man I've always been a workin' man They're waitin' for me when I got out And they stabbed me full of holes It's now a case of kill or be killed The unwritten jungle law I did no crime, she was no friend of mine Vengeance and justice went hand in hand There's a law for the rich And a law for the poor I'm just a simple workin' man I'm just a simple workin' man Yeah The charge was assault and battery The judge said there'd be no bail The charge was assault and battery Three years in the stinkin' jail The charge was assault and battery The charge was assault and battery The charge was assault and battery