Speed Trap Town Lyrics

Lyric discussion by chardon102 

Cover art for Speed Trap Town lyrics by Jason Isbell

I can’t believe none of you are referencing the one thing that has been universally true in every small town I’ve ever lived- cops would pull over teenagers and younger women for some minor infraction and then scare them and then coerce them into giving them sexual favors or intercourse in their police cruiser to get out of tickets. In the small town I grew up in there were many cops that did this, some in their 30s/40s having sex with teens in their cruiser… one even was caught getting oral from a 16 year old and never reprimanded for it but ruined that girls reputation and she was bullied until she dropped out