| "Better Get a Lawyer" |
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| B-side |
- "Looks Like It's Gonna Rain"
- "Manic Depression"
- "5,000 Dead Lawyers"
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| Released | 28 November 1994 (1994-11-28) |
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| Genre | Rock |
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| Length | 3:02 |
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| Label | Red Eye |
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| Songwriters |
- Jon Wayne
- Jim Elliott
- Tex Perkins
- Dan Rumour
- James Cruickshank
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"Seems Twice"
(1994)
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"Better Get a Lawyer"
(1994)
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"Just a Man"
(1995)
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"Better Get a Lawyer" is a song by Australian indie rock band the Cruel Sea. The song was released in November 1994 as the lead single from the band's fourth studio album, Three Legged Dog. The song peaked at number 29 on the Australian Singles Chart. The track borrows lyrics heavily from Jon Wayne's "Texas Jailcell", giving Wayne a songwriter credit. "Better Get a Lawyer" was ranked at number 14 on the Triple J Hottest 100, 1994. The CD single contains an unlisted song after the final track that contains a spoken-word piece containing lyrics concerning the 1970s TV programme Charlie's Angels.