The Shakedown -

Soldiers and slaves

Pounding halos and chains

Marching somewhere the same

Always somewhere the same

All along the way

All along the way

Till it goes down

Yet I got rent here to pay

Up in the long lost charade

Of the shakedown

Riots and raids

Rolling blackouts & tanks

Give them a kick if they don’t behave

Give them a kick if they won’t obey

All along the way

All along the way till it goes down

Yeah I got rent here to pay up

In the long lost charade of the shakedown

And I got no time to waste

Swear to god

There may be hell to pay

When it goes down

For the shakedown

For the shakedown

I called out my name

And my number in vain

Always somewhere the same

Always somewhere the same

All along the way

All along the way

Till it goes down

Yet I got rent here to pay

Up in the long lost charade

Of the shakedown

Man, I got no time to waste

Swear to god

There may be hell to pay

When it goes down

Oh, lord

Here comes the shakedown

Bracing for the shakedown

Bracing for the shakedown

For the shakedown

For the shakedown

Here comes the shakedown

Here comes the shakedown

Here comes the shakedown

Here comes the shakedown