stripes

you were lyin' there with nothing on

but a goofy little grin and a platinum blonde

i can't believe you'd do that on our bed

i got a pistol and i got a bullet

and a pissed off finger just'a itchin to pull it

the only thing keepin' me from losin' my head

is i hate stripes and orange ain't my color

and if i squeeze that trigger tonight

i'll be wearin' one or the other

there's no crime of passion worth a crime of fashion

the only thing savin' your life

is that i don't look good in orange and i hate stripes

i could fall in love with a prison guard

i could sell cigarettes in the prison yard

don't think hard time would be that hard on me

i could pick up trash on the side of the road

but i'd die if i saw someone i know

ain't the chains

it's the clothes that's stoppin' me

oh

and one shot ain't worth a bad mugshot

god knows i wouldn't be caught holdin' up a number

while the whole town's starin' at the picture

in the paper of me wearin' stripes

no there's no crime of passion worth a crime of fashion

the only thing savin' your life

is that i don't look good in orange and i hate stripes

and orange ain't my color

and if i squeeze that trigger tonight

i'll be wearin' one or the other

there's no crime of passion worth a crime of fashion

the only thing savin' your life

is that i don't look good in orange and i hate stripes