Before The Law

Pin-balling on Broadway

And snagged for something I'd never say

Big fat man in a dark blue suit

Innocence had gotten in his way

That's when I knew I was before the law

I knew how to run, they'd teach me how to crawl

Talking 'bout humanity

in terms of chain and leather

Red books, blackbook, gold-bound books and more

We should have talked about the weather

Skating on a frozen lake

Snow men and women on the make

Watching those mermaids through a sheet of ice

Praying for a frozen Christ

Before the law, the ghost had answered me

Before the law, was LAW, and we were free

Before the law, I'd heard the door was mine

I've been sitting here for a long, long time