Tina Turner Steel claw

It's the story of a steel claw
 

It's just a television wonderland

Just one more

Fairy tale about some rich bitch

Lying by the swimming pool

Life is so cruel

Easy living when you make the rules

Last Friday was the first time

It took only about half a minute

On the stairway

It was child's play

The odds turn out even

When you give up believing in the

 

Cold law, steel claw

Try to get on board you find the lock is on the door

Well I say no way, no way!

Don't try to get out or there'll be hell to pay

I don't know who's right, who's wrong

But it really doesn't matter when you're lying in the gutter

It's a see-saw

A long hot battle with the cold law

Is what you get for messing with the steel claw

 

The politicians have forgotten this place

Except for flying visits in a black Mercedes

At election time

They cross the line

And everybody runs to watch the pantomime

If they could see what's going on around here

So many people hanging on the edge

Crying out for revolution

Retribution

The odds turn out even

When you give up believing in the

 

Cold law, steel claw

Try to get on board you find the lock is on the door

Well I say no way, no way!

Don't try to get out or there'll be hell to pay

I don't know who's right, who's wrong

But it really doesn't matter when you're lying in the gutter

It's a see-saw

A long hot battle with the cold law

Is what you get for messing with the steel claw

 

Sometimes I think I'm going crazy

Sometimes I do a line, makes me laugh

Makes me want to take a joyride

On the high tide

Sometimes I'm contemplating suicide

Meanwhile Eddy's on the West Coast now

He's making out with some sweet señorita

Up in 'Frisco, you and I know

The odds turn out even

When you give up believing in the

 

Cold law, steel claw

Try to get on board you find the lock is on the door

Well I say no way, no way!

Don't try to get out or there'll be hell to pay

I don't know who's right, who's wrong

But it really doesn't matter when you're lying in the gutter

It's a see-saw

A long hot battle with the cold law

Is what you get for messing with the steel claw

It's cold law, steel claw

Try to get on board you find the lock is on the door

Well I say no way, no way!

Cold law

When you give up believing in the cold law, steel claw