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Taxman Returns

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Electronic

Taxman Returns was released on November 10, 2004 by Planet Mu as a part of the album Sick Pay

Song Details

Release DateNovember 10, 2004

LabelPlanet Mu

LanguageEnglish

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Virus Syndicate

Virus Syndicate

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COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Virus Syndicate

Virus Syndicate

Composer

Mark Foster/Nikhil Nagarkar/Marvin Mackenzie/David Hindley

Mark Foster/Nikhil Nagarkar/Marvin Mackenzie/David Hindley

Composer

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Virus Syndicate

Virus Syndicate

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Lyrics

In the hotel drawing up plans

Just to hit this we had to spend grands

Got two security vans and a uniform each for the rest of my mans

No big macs we got the six shooters

Squish the alarm and trip the computer

Today's locksmith will be Nicky D

So we need C4 or TNT

Got on the blower to Plastic Man

Who came with the goods in a transit van

By ten to six we were ready and dressed

By 6AM we're at the RBS

Everybody's prang so I'm telling them chill

We should each come away with half a mil

Parked up the vans to block the view

Now its time for me to do what I do

Walked in the bank but it wasn't a stick up

No room to trip up, we gotta do the pick up

Said hi to the manager, smart as a bean

My security outfit worked like a dream

Nobody batted an eyelid as I slid to the back of the bank

It was like it didn't matter what I did

They were blinded to the matter and blank

The rest are in the back room setting up explosives

I had to act cool like I didn't know this

Ten past six on my watch it goes tick

It's my time to go sick

I scream (Ahh) acted hysterical

They admit what I did next was terrible

Banged the manager to cause a distraction

Any second now and we'll be all into action

If you wanna get paid, you gotta be brave

Just don't be afraid, it's all in the game

Time for the tax man

If you wanna get paid, you gotta be brave

Just don't be afraid, it's all in the game

Time for the tax man

The manager goes down hits the floor

That's my cue to charge the C4

With the sticky tape put it onto the safe

When I send the text it will all detonate

I take the blue wire, slip it round the lock

And the red wire, tucked in the back of the clock

And it's all in sync, I charge the C4

So I cover my ears and close the backroom door

Out by the hall, tryna send the text

But there's no signal, my mobile's a mess

I go back to the safe, reset the time

And I gotta be quick cause it's time to press

J's on my case like "Hurry up Nick!"

Well I'm tryna make the clock countdown quick

It's all good I got the plan doo-dan

Ten seconds left and the safe went bang

If you wanna get paid, you gotta be brave

Just don't be afraid, it's all in the game

Time for the tax man

If you wanna get paid, you gotta be brave

Just don't be afraid, it's all in the game

Time for the tax man

The safe was far from intact

I stepped inside and the walls were stacked

With cash, bonds and bars of gold

We filled sixteen bags with an equal load

From the safe to the trolley, from the trolley to the van

We left that safe looking like a tin can

Plastic Man was ready and set

But there was one more thing that I had to get

Pressed eject on the video machine

Removed all footage of me and my team

Jumped in the van and left the scene

It seemed my big plan worked like a dream, I mean

It was only 6:26

We were heading out of town on the M56

I knew a few chicks living out in the sticks

Who said we could chill till we're out the mix

If you wanna get paid, you gotta be brave

Just don't be afraid, it's all in the game

Time for the tax man

If you wanna get paid, you gotta be brave

Just don't be afraid, it's all in the game

Time for the tax man

Written by: Mark Foster/Nikhil Nagarkar/Marvin Mackenzie/David Hindley, Virus Syndicate

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