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Strong Arm Of The Law Lyrics
I was listening to the music on the radio
I had a feeling that something's not right
The music was loud, we could still hear the crowd
From the gig that we played that night
We pulled into a motorway restaurant
Stopped awhile, fooled around
But I still had a feeling that something's not right
'Cause we're standing in a whole in the ground
Stop, get out
We are the strong arm of the law
Stop, get out
We are the strong arm of the law
Into the night came a blue flashing light
A blast from the siren to make sure
But it came to a stop behind the motorway cop
Who'd been tailing us for more than an hour
He pulled us out of the car on the side of the road
He questioned us one at a time
Where is the gear that we know that you use
We said the only speed we use is on cars
Stop, get out
We are the strong arm of the law
Stop, get out
We are the strong arm of the law
You should've seen the stupid smirk drop from his face
It was a negative exercise
The way that we dress and the things that we do
They thought it was an easy bust
I was listening to the music on the radio
I had a feeling that something's not right
The music was loud, we could still hear the crowd
From the gig that we played that night
Stop, get out
We are the strong arm of the law
Stop, get out
We are the strong arm of the law
I had a feeling that something's not right
The music was loud, we could still hear the crowd
From the gig that we played that night
Stopped awhile, fooled around
But I still had a feeling that something's not right
'Cause we're standing in a whole in the ground
We are the strong arm of the law
Stop, get out
We are the strong arm of the law
A blast from the siren to make sure
But it came to a stop behind the motorway cop
Who'd been tailing us for more than an hour
He questioned us one at a time
Where is the gear that we know that you use
We said the only speed we use is on cars
We are the strong arm of the law
Stop, get out
We are the strong arm of the law
It was a negative exercise
The way that we dress and the things that we do
They thought it was an easy bust
I had a feeling that something's not right
The music was loud, we could still hear the crowd
From the gig that we played that night
We are the strong arm of the law
Stop, get out
We are the strong arm of the law
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This song is about one of the band's many encounters with the British police. Their frontman Biff Byford had explained: "We were stopped by the police on numerous occasions when we had this huge American car, and that's basically what it's about. It's a story about the police stopping us on London Bridge in London and it stuck in my head. So I wrote some lyrics about it when I got the opportunity."
According to guitarist Graham Oliver, adding to the story, the title track was inspired by an incident where the band was driving in Whitehall and was subsequently pulled over and searched by the security detail of then British prime minister, Margaret Thatcher.