Song For Dennis Brown Lyrics

on the day that Dennis Brown's

lung collasped

spring rain was misting down on Kingston

and down at the harbor

local cops were intercepting

an inbound shipment

and for a while there it was chaos

as they handcuffed and then ruffed up

some sailors



on the day my lung collapses

it's not gonna be much different



on the day that Dennis Brown's

habbits caught up with him

school children sang in choir

and out behind the Chinese resturants

guys were jumping into dumpsters

and the stench was overbearing

but they were past the point of caring



on the day my habits catch up with me

i'll be down among the jumpers



and when the birds come home in spring

we will fill them up with buckshot

and jets of contaminated blood

will cloud the rivers and the lakes



it took all the coke in town

to bring down Dennis Brown



on the day my lung collapses

we'll see just how much it takes