Why must you record my phone calls?
  Are you planning a bootleg LP?
  You said you'd been threatened by gangsters
  Now it's you that's threatening me
  
  You can't fight corruption with con tricks
  The youths, they love to commit crime
  And I dread, dread to think what the future will bring
  When we're living in gangster time
  
  Don't interrupt while I'm talking
  Or they'll confiscate all your guitars
  A catch 22 says if I sing a tune
  They will make me an overnight star
  
  Don't offer a single protection
  The youths, they love to commit crime
  I dread to think what the future will bring
  When we're living in real gangster times