bp deignanRunning With The Gang
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Friday, May 10, 2024 3:03:19 PM
song updated                               

Thursday, July 11, 2024 12:04:12 PM
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GRIT FM - a Desperado Revue station
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Desperado Revue 2024 GK Contenders - 7
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Inspired by the 1938 Film "Angels With Dirty Faces"

written and performed by Brian P Deignan

boys of 8 all innocence and youth
Fantasyland's a million miles from the truth
seemed we'd do anything, anything for fun
cops and robbers, make believe bullets - plastic guns
tra la la we sang

15 years old children of the streets
walking a fine line where fun and crime meet
I saw Billy graduate to stealing cars
spending money, chasing women - hanging out in bars
tra la la he sang
running with the gang

he stayed 16 when I turned 21
bigger money, faster women, faster cars
and a shootout at a liquor store late one night
black and whites, flashing lights - they read him his rights
"didn't doing he sang you see
I was just running with the gang"

said he wasn't supposed to be there when it all went down
got talked in to it by two outta town clowns
but in the street a body lay
his lawyer told the press he'd have nothing to say

convicted of murder in the commission of a felony
his mother's sobs a heartbreaking melody
now when I see kids playing I think of him then
and remember a time - a time when
tra la la we sang
tra la la we sang
tra la la we sang
running with the gang x
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Desperado Revue 2024 GK Contenders - 7
Contender for 2024 GK nomination - Rock


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