Lying in bed,
waiting for the drip to feed
Over my head, a movie on the TV
Cops, killers, rul ing with a gun
Then a nurse comes in,
time for the medication
Blame it on shock,
blame it on the morphine
My fingerprints put me on the crime scene
Cruel twist of fate,
it's like I'm in a really bad dream
I'm a victim of mistaken identity
And the ordinary people
All the passers -by
Shake their heads inside
But for the grace of God, go on
They are just on the wrong
side of the law
Living on the wrong side
of the law
Victims, each and every one
Now the bad guys out there on the run
Waiting for the setting sun
There's a jailhouse in Louisiana state
And in times like this,
I really do appreciate
The desperate cries of
all of the inmates
There's one chance
I'm gon na make you sit and wait
As time goes by
Hear the criminals sing their sad,
sad songs
We were just on the wrong
side of the law
Living on the wrong side of the law
Victims each and everyone
Now the outlaws are living
on the run
Heading for the second
floor
And the ordinary people
All the passers -by
Are helpless on the
wrong side of the law
Staring at the wrong
side of the law
Every time we see the system fail
And the bad guys end up getting bail
While the good guys go to jail
Yeah, I might as well rock an Angola
For all the good the D .A.'s done for me
I was the one who ended
up taking the bul let
I'm lying here, but he's still running free
On the wrong side of the law