Ma Baker

Intro:
"Freeze! I'm Ma Baker - put your hands in the air,
Gimme all your money!"

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This is the story of Ma Baker,
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The meanest cat from old Chicago town.

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Instrumental: (x2)
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Verse 1:
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She was the meanest cat in old Chicago town,
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She was the meanest cat, she really mowed them down,
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She had no heart at all, no no no heart at all.

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She was the meanest cat, oh she was really tough,
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She left her husband's flat, he wasn't tough enough,
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She took her boys along 'cause they were mean and strong.

Chorus:
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Ma Ma Ma Ma - Ma Baker - she taught her four sons,
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Ma Ma Ma Ma - Ma Baker - to handle their guns.
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Ma Ma Ma Ma - Ma Baker - she never could cry,
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Ma Ma Ma Ma - Ma Baker - but she knew how to die!

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Verse 2:
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They left a trail of crime across the U.S.A.
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And when one boy was killed, she really made them pay,
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She had no heart at all, no no no heart at all.

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Verse 3:
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She met a man she liked, she thought she'd stay with him,
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One day he fought with them, they did away with him,
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She didn't care at all, just didn't care at all.

Bridge 1:
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     "Here is a special bulletin:
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Ma Baker    is the FBI's most wanted woman.
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Her photo    is hanging on every post office wall.
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If you have any information about this woman,
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  Please contact the nearest police station..."

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Bridge 2:
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  "Don't anybody move!    The money or your lives!"

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Verse 4:
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One day they robbed a bank, it was their last hooray,
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The cops appeared too soon, they couldn't get away,
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And all the loot they had, it made them mighty mad.

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And so they shot it out, Ma Baker and her sons,
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They didn't want to hang, they died with blazing guns,
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And so the story ends of one who left no friends.

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Coda:
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