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David Lindley – Pay The Man (1981) | Track profile | Dork

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David Lindley
El Rayo-X
Pay The Man

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Pay The Man

Release date: 1981

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About This Track

"Pay The Man" is a track by David Lindley, from the album El Rayo-X, released 1981. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

David Lindley

David Lindley

Lyrics

Pay The Man

(David Lindley / George 'Baboo' Pierre)

Pay the man

Everybody's got to pay the man

And before you leave this world

You got to pay the man

Pay the man

Everybody's got to pay the man

And before you leave this world

You got to paaaaaay the man

Of the senators in the fancy houses

He's a friend of Babylon

Got a wife and a dog and a cadillac

And people on the run

Got his ways and means and all he needs

To keep him satisfied

But before he leaves this world

He's got to pay the man

Pay the man

Everybody's got to pay the man

And before you leave this world

You got to pay the man

Pay the man

Everybody's got to pay the man

And before you leave this world

You got to pay the man

Sally had a baby

It almost drove her crazy

When she dropped her into the river

Now Sally she's a happy girl

And you see her on a corner

She's doin' the best she can

She whisper to you soft and low:

You got to pay the man

Pay the man

Everybody's got to pay the man

And before you leave this world

You got to pay the man

Pay the man

Everybody's got to pay the man

And before you leave this world

You got to pay the man

Pay the man

Everybody's got to pay the man

And before you leave this world

You got to pay the man

Pay the man

Everybody's got to pay the man

And before you leave this world

You got to pay the man

A capella

Pay the man

Everybody's got to pay the man

And before you leave this world

You got to pay the man

Pay the man

Everybody's got to pay the man

And before you leave this world

You got to pay the man

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Track details

From El Rayo-X

1981

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1981

—Mercury Blues
—Quarter Of A Man
—Tu-Ber-Cu-Lucas And The Sinus Blues
—Twist And Shout
—Don't Look Back
—Ain't No Way
—She Took Off My Romeos
—Bye Bye Love
—El Rayo X
—Pay The Man
—Petit Fleur
—Your Old Lady

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Bye Bye LoveEl Rayo-X

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El Rayo XEl Rayo-X
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Petit FleurEl Rayo-X
Quarter Of A ManEl Rayo-X
She Took Off My RomeosEl Rayo-X

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Credits

Writer: David Lindley, George “Baboo” Pierre
Producer: Greg Ladanyi, Jackson Browne