The Life: Why Don't They Leave Us Alone

It's hard to run a business with those goddamn cops
 'Cause every time they come around, the business stops
 There's nothing they like better than to bust our chops
 Why don't they leave us businessmen alone?
 Why don't they leave us businessmen alone?
 Why don't they leave us alone?
 Yes, our profession goes into recession
 As soon as the cops arrive
 Man, you know it's hard to make a sale
 When they throw your merchandise in jail
 The paddy wagon's jumping but the street is dead
 And once again we're operating in the red
 So how are we supposed to meet our overhead?
 Why don't they leave us businessmen alone?
 Why don't they leave us businessmen alone?
 Why don't they leave us alone?
 They hassle and they hound us every goddamn place
 They're always getting off by getting on our case
 What happened to the freedom of the market place?
 Why don't they leave us working girls alone?
 Why don't they leave us working girls alone?
 Why don't they leave us alone?
 The police police us, the judges release us
 We keep coming back again
 There'll be whores as long as there are johns
 And there'll be johns as long as there are men
 The cops are always there no matter where we're at
 They trail us and they tail us and they nail us flat
 Then they want a freebie after all of that
 Why don't they leave us working girls alone?
 This game of cops and hookers it ain't nothing new
 But nowadays they sure got better things to do
 They even might have time to solve a crime or two
 If they would leave us working girls alone
 Why don't they leave us businessmen alone?
 Why don't they leave us working girls alone?
 Why don't they? Why don't they?
 Why don't they? Why don't they?
 Why don't they leave us alone?