Lyrics to
Dead End Justice

This version of Dead End Justice was released by The Runaways in 1976.

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I’m a blond bombshell and I wear it well
You’re momma says you go straight to hell
I’m sweet sixteen and a rebel queen
I look real hot in my tight blue jeans

Dead end kids in the danger zone
All of you are drunk or stoned
Dead end kids you’re not alone
You sleep on the street when you’re not at home

Long hot summers make you wanna fight
The roar of the city lasts all night
You like drugs you like brew
You won’t believe what I can do to you

Dead end kids in the danger zone
All of you are drunk or stoned
Dead end kids you’re not alone
You sleep in the street when you’re not at home

I got away clean with my fake ID
No more school or mommy for me
Stealing cars and breaking hearts
Pills and thrills and acting smart

Dead end kids in the danger zone
All of you are drunk or stoned
Dead end kids you’re not alone
You sleep in the street when you’re not at home

In the naked city
Spaces ain’t that pretty
As I was getting dusted
I happened to get busted
Oh yes I was arrested
Oh god how I protested
They beat me with a board
It hurt just like a sword
They kicked me in the eye
My brain began to fry
This is like a movie
I know I’m gonna scream
All the pain that I feel
Makes me feel mean
It’s so sad and crazy here
I think I’m gonna cry
If I don’t wake up from this dream
I think I’m gonna……..die

Where am !?
Your in a cheap run down teenage jail thats where
Oh my god!
Yeah blondie your gonna be here till your 18 so get used to it

Behind the bars, there’s a superstar
Who never had a chance
She could sing, she could dance
You don’t sing and dance in juvie honey
Behind the walls, they’ve seen it all
Gotta have, gotta have

Justice, justice
Don’t want your law and order
Justice, justice
Or world wide disorder

What you in for?
Wouldn’t you like to know.
Behind the fence, there is no defense
There’s murder, rape and bribery
In and out, burglary
You don’t look so tough
Oh I been around
On the planet sorrow, there is no tommorrow
Gonna get…..

Justice, justice
Don’t want your law and order
Justice, justice
Or world wide disorder

You can’t turn off the tears
They crawl in juvenile hall
Cruel reform schools
They don’t smile, they got no bail or jury trial
Joan, lets break out tonite
Ok Cherie, whats the plan?

You grab the guard, in the prison yard
Get his keys and gun, we’ll run
My old man’s waiting outside in a van
Is he handsome?
You’ll see
Cause you know, we gotta be free

Justice, justice
Don’t want your law and order
Justice, justice
Or world wide disorder

We’ll go far through the prison yard
You and me, we will be free
Just be safe, don’t be late
If you see the guard don’t hesitate

But Joan I’m getting tired
I’ve run out of fire
I can’t go any farther
But Cherie you must try harder
Joan, I’m down, my ankle
I can’t go on, but I can’t leave you
What do I do?
Save yourself, you know what you gotta do
OH MY GOD

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About Lyrics and Dead End Justice by The Runaways

The lyrics for Dead End Justice are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1976 song by The Runaways. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Dead End Justice have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Dead End Justice - The Runaways and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Dead End Justice by The Runaways in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Dead End Justice" means the words set to the music of Dead End Justice, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Runaways. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Dead End Justice and the lyrics to Dead End Justice are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Runaways who came here looking just for the lyrics to Dead End Justice, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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