What did he mean when he said
He loved her
As she scrubbed the blood from the tile?
What did he mean when he
Golden gloved her
In true Mike Tyson style?
What did he mean when he said,
“I’m sorry
I’ll never do that again” and again?
They never saw any cause for worry
’Til they found her at a quarter to ten

What did they mean when they said,
“He’s harmless,
Just a small domestic dispute?”
What did they mean,
“Don’t be an alarmist,
He’ll point but he’d never shoot”
Why do they call it police protection
If it’s missing until the end
When some Sherlock’s private detection
Finds her body at a quarter to ten?

What do they want from me
When they show me
Her family crying on the news?
What do they mean
They’re hands were tied and
There’s nothing the cops could do?
What do you do with that information
When you hear it again and again and again?
You turn off the news to escape it
’Til it happens to you or a friend

What do they do with the bad guy
When they corner his getaway car?
It depends on who is his lawyer
Or if he’s a football star
Or if he’s blue, black, white, yellow, filthy rich
“Right for my country” right
What do they mean by “not guilty”
When we all know
What happened that night?
What do they mean, “not guilty”
When we all know
What happened that night?