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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Chris Whitley
Vocals
Malcolm Burn
Keyboards
Bill Dillon
Guitar
Ronald Jones
Drums
Daryl Johnson
Bass
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Chris Whitley
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Malcolm Burn
Producer
Wayne Lorenz
Assistant Engineer
Greg Calbi
Mastering Engineer
Mark Howard
Recording Engineer
Lyrics
Living with the Law Chris Whitley
Brother runnin' powder money
Daddy's somewhere on a drunk
In the hours, after washing
I do my dreaming with a gun
Well I come down from the country
Find a lesson in the draw
There ain't no secrets in the city
It's hard living with the law
They got machines, mama I can't figure
They got a romance made for doing time
Send me out child, running outside
Out along a world of crime
Gonna swing my scythe, got a hand upon the handle
Gonna shade my children ways I understand
Milk the trigger, kill the hunger
Staring down this broken land
So fetch on up your greasy apron
Spread your lover in the straw
Hear me baby, I'm nearly crazy
It's hard living with the law
Writer(s): Chris Whitley
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