Police Police Me - Hey Mercedes

The motor buzzes in the basement

Behind a curtain

Behind a wall

Upstairs the crowds have all

Gathered to see

How they can make money off tragedy

Police police me

It’s so easy

Heads hover above podiums;

Nobody understands that they don’t stand a chance

The glow of this show is alarmingly charming

And the stars are all smiling;

It’s disarming

Police police me

And all the while

We’re waiting

For something like a sign

From the hole of lost control;

From our overmade minds--come on, go

Goodnight bloodsuckers

Sleep tight in your traps

The cheapest trash gets bought so fast

The cops and the criminals

The safe and the stray--they all mix in the ditches anyway

Police police me