Lyric discussion by littlelover403 

Cover art for White Collar Boy lyrics by Belle & Sebastian

the "things were ok until you took out a copper" are because she "she belted the sarge, she jumped on a barge"

she hit the cop watching them and ran for it, and since they were tied together, he fell. She tries to get him to stop playing by the rules and live a little, and he's not having it.