He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
The D.A. is dressed to the nines
In the mirror he practices all his lines
To his closing argument twelve hearts beat in favor
I'm guessing that he read the morning paper
The headline reads: "The man hangs, but the jury doesn't."
And everybody's looking for relief
The United States versus disbelief
Mothers cast tears on both sides of the aisle
From face to wall the body falls like bachelors or bad luck girls
Only breathing with the aid of the knife
Case open, case shut
But you could pay to close it like a casket
Baby boy can't lift his headache head
Isn't it tragic?
He glances at his pew seating seven to twelve stacked
On one to six the gallery is hushed
Boys in three pieces dream of girls' daring and bravado
The city streets in a cell not withstanding what we all know
Hang on the rope of baited breath
Whichever you prefer
And everyone's looking for relief
A bidding war for an old friend's grief
The calls for chique, the calls for charm
Another girl that's not aware but that can make you comprehend
Too well dressed for the witness stand
The best place for whichever headlines run
Case open, case shut
But you could pay to close it like a casket
Baby boy can lift his headache head
Isn't it tragic?
First class suit and tie
I'm desperate
Sing and die
Can talk my way out of anything
The foreman reads the verdict and the above-entitled actions
We find the defendant (guilty)
Case open, case shut
But you could pay to close it like a casket
Baby boy can left his headache head
Isn't it tragic?
Case open, case shut
That you could be the cause of that casket
Baby boy can left his head and he cares
Isn't it tragic?
In the mirror he practices all his lines
To his closing argument twelve hearts beat in favor
I'm guessing that he read the morning paper
The headline reads: "The man hangs, but the jury doesn't."
And everybody's looking for relief
The United States versus disbelief
Mothers cast tears on both sides of the aisle
From face to wall the body falls like bachelors or bad luck girls
Only breathing with the aid of the knife
Case open, case shut
But you could pay to close it like a casket
Baby boy can't lift his headache head
Isn't it tragic?
He glances at his pew seating seven to twelve stacked
On one to six the gallery is hushed
Boys in three pieces dream of girls' daring and bravado
The city streets in a cell not withstanding what we all know
Hang on the rope of baited breath
Whichever you prefer
And everyone's looking for relief
A bidding war for an old friend's grief
The calls for chique, the calls for charm
Another girl that's not aware but that can make you comprehend
Too well dressed for the witness stand
The best place for whichever headlines run
Case open, case shut
But you could pay to close it like a casket
Baby boy can lift his headache head
Isn't it tragic?
First class suit and tie
I'm desperate
Sing and die
Can talk my way out of anything
The foreman reads the verdict and the above-entitled actions
We find the defendant (guilty)
Case open, case shut
But you could pay to close it like a casket
Baby boy can left his headache head
Isn't it tragic?
Case open, case shut
That you could be the cause of that casket
Baby boy can left his head and he cares
Isn't it tragic?
Lyrics submitted by shrodes, edited by Mellow_Harsher, odard, Elitemarshal, nadine1993, FoB12345
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The DA is dressed to the nines In the mirror, he practices all his lines [DA=district attorny] To his closing argument, 12 hearts beat in favour [The jury agrees with him] I'm guessing he read the morning paper The headline reads "The Man Hangs" But the jury doesn't [He's found guilty, and hung. The jury is not hung, and they quickly agree on a verdict]
And everyone's looking for relief United States versus disbelief [The only reason we capitally punish people is because we need relief for our sorrow and revenge] Mothers cast tears on both sides of the aisle [We only create more loss by killing a murderer. One mother would be crying anyways, but now we took away another mother's child] Clear your throat and face the world The verdict falls like bachelors for bad luck girls Only breathing with the aid of denial [The jury avoids guilt by denying it]
Case open, and case shut But you could pay to close it like a casket [Like a casket=death. A good lawyer could easily kill someone] Baby boy can't lift his headache head Isn't it tragic? [There's nothing he can do. Literaly, he is dying]
He glances at his peers sitting 7 to 12 Stacked on 1 to 6 The gallery is hushed [Waiting for the verdict]
Boys in three pieces dream of grandstanding and bravado The city sleeps in a cell [The focus of the world is on this trial] Notwithstanding what we all know They hang on a rope or bated breath Whichever you prefer [Dead]
And everyone's looking for relief A bidding war for an old flame's grief [Looking for revenge for sorrow] The cause, the kid, The curse, the charm [This talks about the criminal]
There's not a word that can make you comprehend [It's insane] Too well dressed for the witness stand [It's not really a happy place to be] The press prays for whichever headline's worse [The press doesn't care about lives, only money] ...
Fresh pressed suit and tie Unimpressed birds sing and die [I think the birds refer to the media] Can talk my way out of anything The foreman reads the verdict: "In the above entitled actions, we find the defendent, Guilty, guilty, guilty" ...
And yeah ...