Everybody on the count of three
Accept crime 1-2-3
Bethlehem to Galilee
Accept crime 1-2-3

Between the sheets, the voyeur watches you
And each caress takes us one step further from his tired truth
Say, we will be free, to use our bodies as we please
We will be free, to use our bodies as we please

Say hey! There's no police!
Hey, there's no police between two beating hearts
Hey! There's no police!
Hey, there's no police between two beating hearts

Let the clergy damn our every emotion
Until every impulse is a revolution
And will we know to bring good, we'll let it carry us through
It's your chance to use your disobedience
We will say
We will be free, to use our bodies as we please
We will be free, to use our bodies as we please

Say hey! There's no police!
Hey, there's no police between two beating hearts
Hey! There's no police!
There's no police, no police between two beating hearts

I'll feel no guilt
I won't repent
Day to day I accept crime
And that's for me to confess

Hey! There's no police!
Hey, there's no police between two beating hearts
Hey! There's no police!
Hey, there's no police between two beating hearts
Between two beating hearts
Between two beating hearts
Between two beating hearts
Between two beating hearts
I know


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Accept Crime Lyrics as written by Dallas Green Chris Steele

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    I saw them at the Eastpak Antidote tour and George said the song is about people using religion to justify homophobia.

    Definitely my favourite song off OC/YC.

    michaelx3on February 05, 2010   Link

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