I runaway yeah runaway
coz I don't like de game you play
I runaway tryin' to find another way
I runaway yeah runaway
you made of iron and I made of clay
I runaway Jackie go your own way!

I don't know what to say when I see Jackie play, I don't know what to say
Oh Jackie you're no good, yes I'd go if I could I'd kill you if I could!

I runaway yeah runaway Jackie it's more dan I can pay
I runaway you broke my heart dat day!
I runaway yeah runaway there'll be no more us nor we
I runaway Jackie why you did dat to me?

I runaway yeah runaway
now you're just a memory
I runaway but di virus 's still in me!

I don't know what to say when I see Jackie play, I don't know what to say
I fell fe all your tricks just like a ton of bricks I fell fe all your tricks!!

Why don't you leave me alone

when I just wanna stay at home

and lemme listen to "do I worry"

Derrick sings marvelously well

all of my dreams dem locked in dis room

I'm gonna be a star very soon

but lemme listen to "I worry"

Derrick sings for I only

lemme listen to "I worry"

Derrick sings for me only

lemme listen to "do I worry"

leave us alone Derrick and me

shut de door stop following me

leave us alone Derrick and me!

gimme justice for di king is back

man beware it's me last attack

mi head's like a book dat is well compact

mi tongue like a gun dat never yet snap

run man run if ya see me come

monkey see monkey do go home!

don't care you face look innocent

you're like a monkey you're insolent!

delirious mule you're so arrogant!

oh laws me bawlin' fi punishment!

imitators now me know a lot!

don't ya know di only sureshot?

just in time put you in di fryin' pan

and ah let ya in man til di end of time!

you played wid di fiya when ya steal mi banner!

no you ain't got no honour better run fi cover!!

court in session Buster presidin'

him sentence ya three thousands years inna jail

man if ya goin a Zion high

go tell I and I you sinner man

you cyan't copy I musical ting

cos' you know noting bout I singin' machine

I've passed through de mill Lors I know de pain

open your eyes look who's back again

ah should have known by dis look in your eyes

dat you was a devil in disguise

right on time mi back on de scene

right on time di lord crown I king!

just in time put you in di fryin' pan

and ah let ya in man til di end of time!

you played wid di fiya when ya steal mi banner!

no you ain't got no honour better run fi cover!!

So one more day, another night
One more year without you
God I'm so blue, honey I miss you
So one more day, another night
One more year without you
God I'm so blue, don't know how old are you...

I mus' say if I had de money
I could show you a better day
but tings dem not so easy today
ain't no fun inna di city
from bad to worse everyday
God I polish shoes, man I beg fi money
tings dem so hard pon me!


ten years I livin' on de streets
still don't know how to make ends meet
tell me what do you learn at school
do your new daddy tink I'm a fool?
I'm dyin' to hear from you
I still polish shoes and still beg fi money
tings dem so hard pon me!

Margarita
Margarita
Margarita
Margarita

Rushden road Margarita danced
"blow Don D blow" she said like inna trance
she was de queen of de rumba beat
he was de troubled man of de ska beat.
On new year's eve inna Johnsontown
de Skatalites played from dusk till dawn
wrong medication plus depression
blood on de floor whappened troubled Don?

Margarita
Margarita
Margarita
Margarita


Stabbed in di chest convicted murderer
she met her death when she met her lover
"open di door fi me open Junie!"
di clock stroke four...end of di story.
Inna Bellevue, home of lunatics,
di doctor kicked Don Cosmic so sick
di musical prophet sowed de seeds
a precious sound's now rulin' de streets