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Mace and grenades, tear gas and napalm bombs
Bazookas and machine guns going off all around me

I'm in jail in here

Fallout shelters cannot hide me from radiation's smile
Forty-fives in my neck, fires on my butt
Looks like it's safer to be in jail

I'm in jail out here

Walls all around me and the warden to protect me
From your mace
Mace and grenades

I'm in jail in here
I'm in jail out there
I'm in jail in here
I'm in jail out there
Mace and grenades

Bars all around me and the warden to protect me
From your mace
Mace and grenades

I'm in jail in here
I'm in jail out there
I'm in jail in here
I'm in jail out there
Mace and grenades

Bars all around me
Warden to protect me
Bazookas and machine guns
Forty-fives in my neck
Fires on my butt

I'm in jail in here
Feels so nice now
Looks like
It's safer to be in jail...

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coaxampex On Jul 01, 2013

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2013-07-01 10:48:10

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