Prison Girls Lyrics

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Cover art for Prison Girls lyrics by Neko Case

I get that maybe she is staying in a filthy hotel. She's really jumpy, like nervous for some reason. Then I think maybe some one slips in quietly, maybe breaks in. They're the shadow slipping under the door. She can't tell at first if this person is a lady or a man. She's then either raped or has voluntary sex. She doesn't know much about the person except she loves their long shadows, (shadow on the wall, I guess), and their gunpowder eyes. Then she's thinking about the prison convicts that might clean this up for community service. They'd like come in and clean the room and there would be no trace left of her or the incident. Or maybe she is the prison girl. IDK.