Cop Cars Lyrics

Running through manicured backyards during high school

Carrying our t-shirts and trying to put our pants back on

This is something I could have experienced

But it's something that I never would have done

Sitting across from a guy in a suit

Who's telling me that

I ain't worth all that much financially

And I'm thinking about raiding his pool

With all of my friends and

Barely out-running the cops that he calls on us

And I'm always hanging around with my mouth shut

Nothing to say, nothing to say, until I'm

Sitting in the backseat of a cop car

Moments before my parents bail me out

The scabs on my elbows and the scabs on my knees

I will slowly dig under them with my fingernails

And pull them back

It's a small thing and it's personal

But it feels good like a crooked jaw satisfaction

And focus

And in my mind, I am thinking how best to hurt those who come around and tell me I need to smile