Orenthal James (Was a Mighty Bad Man)

Well, Orenthal James, he was a mighty bad man
Killed two people last night
Chopped off their heads in West L.A.
Must have been a mighty sharp knife, poor boy
Must have been a mighty sharp knife
Yeah, one was his ex-wife, the other one, her lover
Orenthal was a very jealous man
Hid in the bushes and began to mutter
"If I can't have her, nobody else can"
"If I can't have her, nobody else can"
(Poor boy, poor boy, poor boy, poor boy)
Well, he flew to Chicago, two cuts on his hand
The bodies discovered too fast
His out-of-town alibi gone up in smoke
Now we find out he got a wife-beatin' past
Found out he got a wife-beatin' past
(Poor boy, poor boy)
Yeah, they threw him in jail and they brought him to trial
Orenthal hired million-dollar attorneys
Told so many lies, I almost went blind
If he didn't do it, who did, poor boy
If he didn't do it, who did?
(Poor boy, poor boy, poor boy)
1, 2, 3, 4
Yeah
Poor boy
Well, Orenthal had a motive and an opportunity, too
Planned it all and tried to escape
Wrote a suicide note but he wasn't man enough
Speak the truth and sealed his fate, poor boy
Speak the truth and sealed his fate
(Poor boy, poor boy)
Yeah, there was blood in the car and blood on his clothes
Though they never did find that knife
Smiled for the cameras and bought him some justice
He got away with killin' his wife, poor boy
He got away with killin' his wife (Poor boy, poor boy)
Poor boy (poor boy, poor boy)
When the foreman returned and he said, "Not guilty"
I couldn't believe my ears
Orenthal James is a mighty bad man
Ought to be in jail for 400 years
Servin' time for 400 years
(Poor boy, poor boy)
I gotta tell you one more thing
(Poor boy, poor boy)
Yeah, Orenthal James killed his bimbo ex-wife
Mama of his children, too
Been in Hollywood so long he starts to believe the big lie
Don't let that happen to you, poor boy
Don't let that happen to you, poor boy
Don't let that happen to you, poor boy
Don't let that happen to you (poor boy, poor boy)
Poor boy (poor boy)
Poor boy (poor boy)
Poor boy, poor boy
Poor boy, poor boy
Poor boy (poor boy, poor boy, poor boy)
Well, Orenthal James, he was a mighty bad man
He killed two people last night
Chopped off their heads in West L.A.
Must have been a mighty sharp knife, poor boy
Must have been a mighty sharp knife