Girlstown Lyrics

Girlstown (Chelsea Ewing/Buddy Mondlock)

You have the right to remain silent

No one could blame you if you did

Every word will be held against you

Even though you're just a mixed up kid

And every word you don't say

Will be held against you too

Just sign this paper and read it out loud

And we'll decide what's true

The judge he clears his docket

The prosecutor gets another win

The gavel hits the table

One day you're out the next you're in

That's how you get to be

A felon at thirteen

Not quite who you thought you were

But now that's how you're seen

And the long arm of the law

Will be there to hold you down

Just turn that smile over

Just turn everything over

Empty out your pockets

Welcome to Girlstown

Would you love me if you knew me

I guess we'll never know

'Cause if you start to get too close

I'll have to let you go

And every word I don't say

I hold against myself

I carry her around with me

That young girl in a cell

And the long arm of the law

Is the only arm that holds me now

Just turn that smile over

Just turn everything over

Empty out your pockets

Welcome to Girlstown

So here I am at thirty seven

Looking in the mirror

Trying to blink these tears away

So I can see myself clear

Those scars around my ankles

From the shackles barely show

I'm thinking if I can own it

I can finally let it go

So the long arm of the law

Can no longer hold me down

Just turn that smile over

Then turn that frown over

Just turn everything over

Goodbye to Girlstown

I'm emptying out my pockets

Goodby to Girlstown