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Tankard – Jurisdiction (1992) | Track profile | Dork

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Jurisdiction

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Jurisdiction

Release date: 1992

From Stone Cold Sober

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About This Track

"Jurisdiction" is a track by Tankard, from the album Stone Cold Sober, released 1992. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Tankard

Tankard

Lyrics

Jurisdiction

Our clean-cut leaders

In dirty money they deal

Transactions undercover

They bribe, divert and steal

Industry bosses

And the political class

Scratching each others back and

Kissing each other's ass for cash

Where do you see a just society

Fuck the law! Fuck the law!

They can do it in your face

Fuck the law! Fuck the law!

When the're in a higher place

Who said we're equal?

Laws only goverb the slobs

No one goes after those who

Do the white collar jobs

For tax evasion

A fine you maybe will pay

But as a demonstrator

They will look you away for sure

Equality is just a fantasy

Fuck the law! Fuck the law!

They can do it in your face

Fuck the law! Fuck the law!

When the're in a higher place

Crime and punishment?

The law is sacred

It makes most people behave

But if you have the power

You make the law your slave

There is no justice

That's what the proverb says

The small ones always get caught

The big ones always get away

Where do you see a just society?

Fuck the law! Fuck the law!

They can do it in your face

Fuck the law! Fuck the law!

When the're in a higher place

Fuck the law! Fuck the law!

They can do it in your face

Fuck the law! Fuck the law!

When the're in a higher place

Fuck the law! Fuck the law!

They can do it in your face

Fuck the law! Fuck the law!

When the're in a higher place

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From Stone Cold Sober

1992

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Album

Stone Cold Sober

Release year

1992

—Jurisdiction
—Centerfold
—Sleeping With The Past
—Blood, Guts & Rock 'n' Roll
—Mindwild
—Stone Cold Sober
—Ugly Beauty
—Freibier
—Broken Image
—Of Strange Talking People Under Arabian Skies
—Lost and Found (Tantrum Part 2)
—Behind The Back

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