| I caught the Red-Eye at midnight
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| In the nick of time
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| On the seven four seven
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| And we soon were flying high.
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| Lord, I had no time to lose
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| Things were getting hot
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| Only I know where we stashed the loot
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| The mob wants to know the spot.
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| They got the muscle in from Cleveland
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| The fire-power from Detroit
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| They missed me in New Jersey
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| Though things got pretty tight.
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| Caught my scent in Richmond
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| At the Hotel Savoy
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| But I got out the laundry shute
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| And went to Chicago, Illinois.
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| I’m the Last of the Independants
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| Yeah, they’re searching coast to coast
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| Only I know where we hid the loot
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| Eleven years ago.
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| I caught the Red-Eye at midnight
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| In the nick of time
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| On the seven four seven
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| We soon were high and wide.
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| The moon was laughing at me like it did not have a care
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| But I just smiled right back and said
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| 'You ain’t going anywhere'.
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| Well, I want out of the rackets
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| And the numbers game
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| 'Cos when you cross the big boss
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| You only got yourself to blame.
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| I won’t sing like a canary
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| And I won’t go naming names.
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| I don’t need police protection
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| I’ll play it my own way.
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| I’m the Last of the Independants
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| Well, I play by my own rules.
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| Yes, I’m the Last of the Independants
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| The Syndicate, well, it don’t approve.
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| Well, I’m the Last of the Independants
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| Well, I got to keep on the move.
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| Well, I’m the Last of the Independants
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| Well, I got no time to lose
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| Time to lose. |