(smith/burr)

Shadows may hide you but also may be your grave
You're running today maybe tomorrow you'll be saved
You pray for daylight to save you for a while
You wonder if your children will face the killer's smile

Dead men -- tell no tales
In gangland -- murder's up for sale
Dead men -- tell no tales
In gangland -- where jail birds die
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Face at the window leers into your own
But it's only your reflection still you tremble in your bones
How long can you hide? how long till they come?
A rat in a trap but you've got to survive

Once you were glad to be free for a while
The air tasted good and the world was your friend
Then came the day when the hard times began
Now your alone but alive for how long?

A knife at your throat another body on the pile
A contract to keep and it's service with a smile
Murder for vengeance or murder for gain
Death on the streets or a blackened out jail

Dead men -- tell no tales
In gangland -- murder's up for sale
Dead men -- tell no tales
In gangland -- where jail birds die

In gangland you tell no tales