The Police and the Private Lyrics

Lyric discussion by didiwin 

Cover art for The Police and the Private lyrics by Metric

The lines refering to "...when they close the gates I'll cry..." and the orphanage could also be taken more literally in that a prostitute had a child and couldn't raise them on the street, so sent them to the local orphanage, yet still loves and visits the child. Other than that, drugs, prostitution, making money any way you can on the streets.

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