Better Get a Lawyer

"Better Get a Lawyer"
Single by The Cruel Sea
from the album Three Legged Dog
ReleasedNovember 1994
GenreRock
Length3:02
LabelRed Eye
Songwriter(s)
  • Jon Wayne
  • Jim Elliott
  • Tex Perkins
  • Dan Rumour
  • James Cruickshank
Producer(s)

Paul McKercher

  • The Cruel Sea
The Cruel Sea singles chronology
"Seems Twice"
(1994) 		"Better Get a Lawyer"
(1994) 		"Just a Man"
(1995)

"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 ARIA Charts.

The track borrows lyrics heavily from Jon Wayne's "Texas Jailcell" giving Jon Wayne a songwriter credit.

"Better Get a Lawyer" was polled a number 14 in the Triple J Hottest 100, 1994; the fifth highest placing by an Australian artist.[1]

The CD Single contained an unlisted song after the final track that contains a spoken-word piece containing lyrics concerning the 70s TV show Charlie's Angels.

  1. ^ "hottest 100 1994". ABC. Retrieved 16 December 2015.