Lyrics Fort Lauderdale (Live) - Piet Botha

He was on the run back in '81
But they bust him, put him inside
And the judge said and for anyone that's a long time
But he busted loose with a friend or two
And he was hard to find
And all went well because no-one could tell
Where the kid would be tonight

You waiting for that ship
But that ship won't ever sail
The man in the justice department
Don't want to put you in his jail
You know that there is no way
They want to take you alive
You don't go to Fort Lauderdale
Don't go to Fort Lauderdale

They shot him down in a stranger's town
Was many miles from his home
Our favourite son is coming back
But he's coming back all alone
Oh justice man, oh justice man
I ask you, I don't understand
If he's so bad why do so many people
They want to shake his hand

You waiting for that ship
But that ship won't ever sail
The man in the justice department
Don't want to put you in his jail
You know that there is no way
They want to take you alive
You don't go to Fort Lauderdale
Don't go to Fort Lauderdale

Now all that's left is a father
Crying in a church
In a town where the law was made
I know it's hard
But all our children must be saved
And being on the run is so much better than being behind steel bars
When they got you on the inside
You can't see the moon
Can't see the stars

You waiting for that ship
But that ship won't ever sail
The man in the justice department
Don't want to put you in his jail
You know that there is no way
They want to take you alive
You don't go to Fort Lauderdale
Don't go to Fort Lauderdale

They gonna shoot you down
They shoot you down just like a dog
They gonna shoot you down