Dead Kennedys Songs - I Fought The Law Lyrics

Dead Kennedys - I Fought The Law

Dead Kennedys - I Fought The Law Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Plastic Surgery Disasters / In God We Trust, Inc.
Released: 2001

I Fought The Law Lyrics

Drinkin' beer in the hot sun
I Fought The Law and
I won
I fought the law and
I won

I needed sex and I got mine
I fought the law and
I won
I fought the law and
I won

The law don't mean shit
If you got the right friends
That's how this county's run
Twinkies are the best friend I ever had

I fought the law and
I won
I fought the law and
I won

I blew George and Harvey's brains out with my
Six gun!
I fought the law and
I won
I fought the law and
I won

Gonna write my book and make a million
I fought the law and
I won
I fought the law and
I won

I'm the new folk hero of the Ku Klux Klan
My cop friend thinks it's fun
You can get away with murder if you got a badge

I fought the law and
I won
I fought the law and
I won
I fought the law and
I won
I AM the law so I won

Writer/s: CURTIS, SONNY
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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I Fought The Law

The song is about the murder of San Francisco mayor George Moscone and his aide Harvey Milk ("I blew George and Harvey's brains out with my six-gun") by police officer Dan White, who later managed to get out of a double murder sentence through a rather peculiar insanity defense - he claimed he went temporarily insane after eating too many Twinkies ("Twinkies are the best friends I ever had") even though there is evidence the murders were premeditated.

This song was featured in the second season Crime Story episode "Pauli Taglia's Dream." During portions of the titular dream, John Santucci lip-synchs to the song. (thanks, James - Tracy, CA)