This song was inspired by cases of poor justice, as the individual cases presented demonstrate. I wrote it at the start of 2002.
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Story behind the song
This song was inspired by cases of poor justice, as the individual cases presented demonstrate. I wrote it at the start of 2002.
Lyrics
CAN¡¦T THINK STRAIGHT (Music & Lyrics „¶2002 Julian P. Keogh)
Tell you bout the girl who was drivin her boyfriend round for drugs,
She didn¡¦t have a clue, she thought he was just hanging out with his thugs,
And then one day she parked the car up near the school,
He kissed her on the cheek, said he had to pick up a box of tools,
But then a bunch of men with guns and badges followed through,
A gun at her window, she was going too,
But he was out of range, the judge couldn¡¦t lock him in a federal pen,
And now he¡¦s doing 5, while she is doing 10 (with no parole)
I can¡¦t think straight now anymore
When they take justice, and kick it out the door,
One day a man he drove his wagon off to work,
Fell asleep at the wheel, though he was feeling pretty perked,
And then his car veered off, and landed on the track,
And two trains later, a hundred lives they lay in wreck,
But the judge his sentence, landed with a thud,
Too many dead, too many crying for blood,
A misdemeanour and a freaky accident,
Can earn you quite a stay as a guest of the government
A single mother, she was stealing from the store,
A couple of glasses, and a stopper for the door,
But she¡¥d been stopped, convicted, too many times before,
She was a stealer, a wheeler, a fighter, a druggie a whore-
But the prosecutors, never had a shadow o doubt,
Just another case for three strikes and your out
Caus¡¦ californihates you for repeating your offence,
You can end up doing life for stealing 50 cents,
