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Dead Kennedys - I Fought The Law
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)