First of the Gang

Lyrics

[Verse 1] You have never been in love Until you've seen the stars Reflect in the reservoirs And you have never been in love Until you've seen the dawn rise behind the home for the blind [Chorus] We are the pretty, petty thieves And you're standing on our streets Where Hector was the first of the gang with the gun in his hand And the first to do time, the first of the gang to die Oh, my Where Hector was the first of the gang with the gun in his hand And the first to do time, the first of the gang to die Oh, my [Verse 2] You have never been in love Until you've seen the sunlight thrown Over smashed human bone [Chorus] We are the pretty, petty thieves And you're standing on our streets Where Hector was the first of the gang with the gun in his hand And the first to do time, first of the gang who died Such a silly boy, where Hector was the first of the gang with the gun in his hand And a bullet in his gut and the first lost life to go under the sun [Instrumental Break] [Outro] And he stole from the rich and the poor and the not very rich and the very poor And he stole all hearts away, he stole all hearts away, he stole all hearts away, ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay Away He stole all hearts away, stole all hearts away, he stole all hearts away, ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay Away He stole all hearts away, he stole all hearts away, he stole all hearts away