all night long... the
officer

said

yeah that's right
that woman is running an
insane asylum kid's carrying on
all night long ya know I'm afraid
to leave my home they gawk
at me with strange
awkward
stares
while
echoes
of pink floyd
and the sultans of dire
straits are deafening my ears
to the south she points with her
hand a backyard neighbor is
rocking to a garage band
I screamed at
them
but
they
just don't
understand turn it

d
o
w
n

heavy
bass rap is shaking my
windows with the driving sounds
kids riding by want to know if I get high
they walk towards me say they got what
I need another officer notices the hum &
ghostly sirens of the city has somewhat
of a profuse squall in comparison to
the drown of the music people
who are flailing a cry of
torture in rhythm
with the

t
h
r
a
s
h

but officer

these folks are grouping on the corners
up and down the street their
loud voices can be
heard for a
distance
do they
need to
tell the world
their business they
laugh and carry on either

ignorant or uncaring of all the hearing
there's a party going on in my front yard
and they're sitting on my car no doubt
brought on by some alkaloid
cocaine adrenaline
induced

d
r
e
a
m

not to mention all the heart rending screams
tire screeches and giggles from
female creatures

a party
yes officer
a party

I
could tell
you a thing or two
about what I been hearin'
and I can tell you it's
not looking so
petty

just
the facts
Miss

of
course
sir

I was just
gonna to tell you my
eyes have been noticin' an awful
lot of chaos beneath the label of desperate
interaction up late & I watch CSI you know & I know
somebody was beat up and robbed just the
other day and another neighbor just
couldn't take it any longer
and committed
suicide

and

those guys
aren't even from this
side of town and you know I
been hearin' you guys are cracking

d
o
w
n

so...
why don't cha
just tell 'em they'll have
to get along or you'll take 'em
down town where they
can carry on
all

n
i
g
h
t

long