The Animal Cop

Lyrics

This morning, without warning I saw a copper shoot a youngster down Oh, mercy me He hollered, "yeah I got him" Until he stopped and turned the body round Mistaken identity The animal cop Is on the beat again It's the animal cop That gives the street a stench He's a poor excuse For a man of use He's an animal cop What kind of man takes a gun in his hand And decides who should live or should die Tell me Who's got the will that's so eager to kill That he can't even wait for the trial The animal cop And he's on the beat again It's the animal cop That gives the street a stench He's a poor excuse For a man of use He's an animal cop Now he contends that it was self defence And his beat was preemptively done I see Then it appears that the cop was over-scared He should not have been given a gun The animal cop A trigger happy cranky sort of guy And he wants to be a hero 'fore he dies The animal cop Is the kind you never need Such an animal cop Should be put upon a leash He's a mockery Of democracy He's an animal cop The jury man said the cop was innocent But that somewhere a complaint should be made Tell me How do you wed, how do you compensate All the blood and the scars and the pain? The animal cop Is on the beat again It's the animal cop That gives the street a stench He's a poor excuse For a man of use He's an animal cop The animal cop And that's the kind you never need Such an animal cop Should be put upon a leash He's a mockery Of democracy He's the animal cop Animal cop, animal animal animal animal Animal cop, animal animal animal animal Animal cop, animal animal animal animal Animal cop, animal animal animal animal Animal cop Animal cop, animal animal animal animal