The Angels - Take A Long Line lyrics

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This is it, folks

Over the tone!

He was selling postcards from a paper stand

A whiskey bottle in his withered hand

He put a finger on a photo from an old magazine

And saw himself in the shadow of his dream.

They found him with his head inside a tin-pot crown

Told him his feet stank and took him downtown

Called him agitator, spy and thief

Shut him up in solitary third degree!

Chorus:

Take a long line,

Take a long line,

Take a long line,

Reel him in!

He tried to appeal to the king of might

Said, “I'm just exercising my sacred right!”

The king said, “You ain't got no right,

You’re a madman, a traitor,

Get out of my sight!”

Chorus:

Take a long line,

Take a long line,

Take a long line,

Reel him in!

Found him in the town, inside a tin-pot crown

Told him his feet stank and took him downtown.

Called him agitator, spy and thief

Shut him up in solitary third degree.

They put him aboard a well wound whirlwind

Pulled out his teeth and he told him to grin

He gave them a smile, pulled out a bottle of wine

And said “I never existed,

You’ve been wasting your time!”

Chorus: (x3)

Take a long line,

Take a long line,

Take a long line,

Reel him in!