Graffiti Limbo

Lyrics：Michelle Shocked Music：Michelle Shocked

Lay down your burdens

Lay down your cares

The Holy Virgin, she's gonna greet you up there

With a big can of spray paint, yeah

And a big blank wall

And I can guaran-damn-tee you

There ain't no cops around at all

Graffiti Limbo

Where do you go?

Graffiti Limbo

When there ain't no justice

I only speak for myself

But the word around town

Is that something's shaking, yeah

In the underground

I only speak for myself

But the word on the street

Is that the writing's on the wall, yeah

And the cop's on the beat

Graffiti Limbo

Where do you go?

Graffiti Limbo

When there ain't no justice

(Now, I wrote this song for Michael Stewart. Michael Stewart

was a young black graffiti artist who was arrested while

writing graffiti on a subway wall in New York City.

While under arrest, in the presence of eleven white transit

cops, Michael Stewart was strangled to death.

When his case was heard by the Grand Jury, you know, not one

cop was found guilty. The coroner had lost the evidence and

those cops are on the streets again.)

Ah, you can have your little style wars, boys

Yes, and you can keep your little dance

But those crazy writers they don't stand a ghost of a chance

No, it's 'Colar them cons'

That's what Mayor Koch said

He said, 'Call it a crime'

And now it's steer clear of the engineer on that Midnight Special Line

Graffiti Limbo

Where do you go?

Graffiti Limbo

When there ain't no justice

Graffiti Limbo

Where do you go?

Graffiti Limbo

When there ain't no justice

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