Never Trust A Cop

In a white pinstripe suit, in a stretched limousine

Someone is kicking you down

And in long black robes, and tall oak desk

Someone is kicking you down

Lookin' down from an office on the 18th floor

Someone is kicking you down

And he's never gonna stop, as long as he lives

Or as long as it lives in him

There's something not right

there's something not right

there's something not right

there's something not right

there's something not right

There's a telephone ringing, yet you're afraid to answer

Someone is kicking you down

A bottle by your bed as you lay wide awake

Someone is kicking you down

And nobody has to say it, nobody has to say it

Someone is kicking you down

And they won't ever stop as long as they live

Or as long as it lives in them

There's a lock on your door,

But it won't keep them out

There's a leash around your neck,

But you don't know who holds it

There's a lie in your ear,

But you don't know who told it

Yeah, someone is kicking you down

You looked that cop right in the eye

And he looked you right back

DEAD in the eye

If every Tom Joad could meet their Joe Hill

Every Holden Caulfield could meet their Thoreau

Yeah

We won't take ashes for the fire

When there is a flame

Trust yourself

It is there

It is there