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C.I.D (Harper/Anderson)



C.I.D was first released on City Records. NIK5. 22 September 1978. On seven different coloured vinyls. Pressed on Orange, clear, black, yellow, red, blue, green. It also featured tracks Live In A Car and B.1.C

C.I.D was re-recorded and featured as the opening track on the debut album Another Kind Of Blues. Gem Records. GEMLP100. September 1979. Blue vinyl.

The track was re-released on Pinnacle Records. PIN22. October 1979. Pressed on black vinyl only. Also with Live in a Car and B.1.C

More recently the original single recording was re-released once more as part of the Subs' 20th anniversary 7" single Day Of The Dead. New Red Archives. NRA 47. 1997. Orange, clear, green vinyl.

Below are the lyrics to both versions of the song (album and the 7" single)

See that man dressed in black
Pass him by don't look back
Keep in a line and walk straight ahead
One false move could be dead

'Cos he's an underground undercover agent for the CID
CID, CID
Got a loaded 44
Walking armoury store

Take a tip and hear what I say
Don't take no trip down Soho way
If you do you better keep in a line
Make one false move could be doing time

'Cos he's an underground undercover agent for the CID
CID, CID
Got a loaded 44
Walking armoury store

Watch it

Take a tip and hear what I say
Don't take no trip down Soho way
If you do you better keep in a line
Make one false move could be doing time

'Cos he's an underground undercover agent for the CID
CID, CID
Got a loaded 44
Walking armoury store



Single Version
See that man dressed in black
Pass him by and don't look back
Keep in a line and walk straight ahead
Make one false move could be dead

'Cos he's an underground undercover agent for the CID
CID, CID
Got a loaded 44
A walking armoury store

Take a tip and hear what I say
Don't take no trip down Soho way
'Cos if you do you better keep in a line
Make one false move could be doing time

'Cos he's an underground undercover agent for the CID
CID, CID
Got a loaded 44
Walking armoury store now

Yeah watch it kid he may come out and grab you

Take a tip and hear what I say
Don't take no trip down Soho way
'Cos if you do you better keep in a line
Make one false move could be doing time

'Cos he's an underground undercover agent for the CID
CID, CID
Got a loaded 44
Walking armoury store now