Lyrics to
Justice, Don’t Be Slow

This version of Justice, Don’T Be Slow was released by Steppenwolf in 1974.

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I’m sorry to hear ’bout your problems
It came as a chock to us all
You know that we have always read
There’s no way that you’d ever fall
Well, I grant you, it looks good on paper
But lately you’ve dropped out of sight
And we feel it’s gone quite far enough
Don’t you think that it’s time now to light?

Justice, don’t be slow
Everyone’s here but you
You haven’t got far to go

Now they make your life worth leaving
When they covered your face with their dung
Then they laughed while you lay floundering
Just hoping you’d swallow your tongue
Their hatchetmen bungled your mansion
And throttled your sons in the night
Their foot soldiers pummeled your daughter
God dammit, your vengeance is right.
Well, now that you’ve caught your tormentor
He still won’t admit to his sin.

He claims he was busily sleeping
While his henchmen were doing you in
But all of this high-ranking jesters
Have turned into sniveling louts
They’re pleading for mercy and freedom
I say throw all those hooligans out!

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The lyrics for Justice, Don’T Be Slow are defined as the words making up the song released by Steppenwolf in 1974. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Justice, Don’T Be Slow have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Steppenwolf and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

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