["Makin' like a D.T. driving a Gran Fury","","Spend another night at the Motel 6","I'm seeing blue and red flashing deep in the night","","","I made my getaway and then I thought that I had it made","Stash the cash in the dash, but my gun I did carry","I couldn't help to notice I was caught in a speed trap","Houdini'd out the cuffs, I kicked the screw in the knee","('Cause I'm a High Plains Drifter, drifter)","I went before the judge he sent me to the Brooklyn House of D","I bet on one horse to win and another to show","And then I went inside to make my withdrawal","","","I had a good feeling, easy come, easy go","","And sure enough that nag came in","With his five o' clock shadow, he smelled of three day old beer","They can't catch me they're never gonna find me","('Cause I'm a High Plains Drifter, drifter)","Pulled out a pair of pliers, pulled the bullet out of my chest","Pulled over to the river to take a rest","My man turned to me and said \"Why are you here\"?","Look in my rearview mirror seen a police car","Taking care of business at 7-eleven","Knucklehead deli tried to gyp me on the price","'Cause I'm the High Plains Drifter, the best that you can get","('Cause I'm a High Plains Drifter, drifter)","The cop knocked on my window, said \"Boy, where's the fire?","I'm doing 120 plowing over mail boxes","Threw me in the tank with a drunk called Otis","And then I broke into my new car with a wire coat hanger","I'm phony paper passing at Nix Check Cashing","You've got a mailbox on your bumper and a bald front tire\"","I reached behind the seat and snatched a Kool from the pack","","","The High Plains Drifter, and I'm the drifter","Radar detector to tell me where the cops is","Fear and loathing across the country listening to my 8 track","","I'm a kleptomaniac, K-Mart shoplifter","I feel like Steve McQueen, a former movie star","Brought my ticket to the window and collected my win","Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry, on the run from Dirty Harry","I got my alibi straight and I pulled over to the right","('Cause I'm a High Plains Drifter, drifter)","Every dog will have its day, mine will be in front of a jury","Bust a Travis Bickle when I feel that I'm getting pushed","It's five dollars extra get the porno flicks","I found a nice place to visit but a better place to rob","I said I'm charming, I'm dashing, I'm rental car bashing","","I saw what he had had, but I had to take it all","I left my car outside, and the engine still revvin'","","And then I concoct a Black and Tan in my brandy snifter","A strapped shoplifter, a pirate on cassette","Cash flow getting low so I had to pull a job","","Read me my rights, fingerprinted, and booked","Check out the odometer and I was on my way","He said \"You behave son or we'll throw away the key\"","I took the bailiff's wallet and went straight to OTB","Wherever I hang my hat's my home and my past is kind of blurry","Check my rear view mirror, check the gold tooth display","('Cause I'm a High Plains Drifter, drifter)","I'm the High Plains Drifter you know that I'm never in a hurry","The High Plains Drifter, and I'm the drifter","Hot wired, hot wheeled, and Suzy is a headbanger","They're never gonna know that I'm the High Plains Drifter","Don't step to me or you're gonna get mushed","('Cause I'm a High Plains Drifter, drifter)","\"Outta the car longhair, your goose is cooked\"","","A long distance from my girl, and I'm talking on the cellular","","She said that she was sorry and I said \"yeah, the hell you were\"","('Cause I'm a High Plains Drifter, drifter)","So I clocked him off the turban with a bag of ice","","Read me my rights, as if I didn't know this","Ballantine quarts with the puzzle on the cap","","Cause I'm mell-el-o like jell-el-o, cool like lemonade",""]
Performed by: Beastie Boys Written by: Michael Diamond; Matt Dike; Adam Horovitz; John Robert King; Michael S Simpson; Adam Nathaniel Yauch
Credits: Diamond, Michael (Songwriter); Dike, Matt (Songwriter); Horovitz, Adam (Songwriter); King, John Robert (Songwriter); Simpson, Michael S (Songwriter); Yauch, Adam Nathaniel (Songwriter); BROOKLYN DUST MUSIC (Publisher); DUST BROTHERS MUSIC (Publisher); POLYGRAM INT. PUBL., INC. (Publisher); UNIVERSAL MUSIC CORP. (Publisher)
The song is based on a sample from the Eagles song "Those Shoes". It also contains a sample from Loggins and Messina's "Your Mama Don't Dance" and one from the Ramones song "Suzy Is a Headbanger".
"I bet on one horse to win and another to show...that nag came in" from The Band's "Up on Cripple Creek", actual lyrics are "She bet on one horse to win and I bet on another to show, the odds were in my favor, I had 'em five to one, and when that nag to win came around the track, sure enough she had won."
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