Blackmail

Robert Palmer · Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley [1974]

Well, you told me that you weren't infectious



So I brought no precautions with me



And you said your old man was in Texas



And anyway he'd forgotten his key



So I put my cassette in your bathroom



And threw all my clothes on your floor



Next thing I remember, door bursts in and out



There I am caught in the raw



Blackmail, you're blackmailing me



Sponging all my money



I don't think it's funny



The way you've been badgering me



So I'm hiding out in the basement



Wondering how on earth I'm gonna survive



Well, your old man hollers



I've got ten thousand dollars for you



'Cause I know you can provide



Leaving me with grounds for my divorce



Pulls out his cheque book and starts to endorse



Two Benjamin Franklin's



And before I can thank you mama



Runin' outta [incomprehensible]



Blackmail, you're blackmailing me



When I'm rendering you a service



Makes me feel real nervous



'Cause trying to get me into your schemes



Blackmail, you're blackmailing me



Sponging all my money



I don't think it's funny



Way you done the dirty on me



Blackmail, you're blackmailing me



Sponging all my money



I don't think it's funny



Way you've been badgering me



Blackmail, you're blackmailing me



Sponging all my money



I don't think it's funny



Way you've done the dirty on me