soul for hire (45 alibis version)
Singer:costello, elvis
hang my head and shut my eyes
what kind of justice is this?
fool i was that thought that
got to be more than just a soul for hire
speaking for myself i couldn't
for whorin' in the practice of the law
soul comes unglued from the uppers
blood is seeping in the hole
a mother's eye is weeping
and still the truth is distant
i hear every evil men do and desire
got to be more than just a soul for hire
when it's time to give protection to
the ones who need it most
i get distracted from my job
(streams of vagrant piles of paper
jump out of a window for no escape?)
blood is seeping in the hole
a mother's eye is weeping
hang my head and shut my eyes
and still the truth is distant
i see every evil men do and desire
got to be more than just a soul for hire
when it's time to give protection to
the ones who need it most
i get distracted from my job
streams of vagrant piles of paper
a hand to hold for the dopers and kiddie rapers
corrupt in every twisted grudge
and that is just the judge
hang my head and shut my eyes
i can't see justice twisted
hang my head and shut my eyes
what kind of justice is this?
hang my head and shut my eyes
what kind of justice is this?