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Pistol shots ring out in the ballroom night
Enter Patty Valentine from the upper hall She sees the bartender in a pool of blood Cries out, "My God, they've killed them all!" |
Here comes the story of the Hurricane
The man the authorities came to blame For somethin' that he never done Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been The champion of the world |
Three bodies lyin' there does Patty see
And another man named Bello, movin' around mysteriously "I didn't do it," he says, and he throws up his hands "I was only robbin' the register, I hope you understand. |
I saw them leavin', " he says, and he stops
"One of us had better call up the cops." And so Patty calls the cops And they arrive on the scene with their red lights flashin' In the hot New Jersey night |
Meanwhile, far away in another part of town
Rubin Carter and a couple of friends are drivin' around Number one contender for the middleweight crown Had no idea what kinda shit was about to go down When a cop pulled him over to the side of the road Just like the time before and the time before that In Paterson that's just the way things go If you're black you might as well not show up on the street 'Less you wanna draw the heat |
Alfred Bello had a partner and he had a rap for the cops
Him and Arthur Dexter Bradley were just out prowlin' around He said, "I saw two men runnin' out, they looked like middleweights They jumped into a white car with out-of-state plates." And Miss Patty Valentine just nodded her head |
Cop said: "Wait a minute, boys, this one's not dead"
So they took him to the infirmary And though this man could hardly see They told him that he could identify the guilty men |
So they took him to the infirmary
And though this man could hardly see They told him that he could identify the guilty men |
Four in the mornin' and they haul Rubin in
Take him to the hospital and they bring him upstairs The wounded man looks up through his one dyin' eye Says, "Wha'd you bring him in here for? He ain't the guy!" |
Yes, here's the story of the Hurricane
The man the authorities came to blame For somethin' that he never done Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been The champion of the world |
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