Where The Bodies Are Lyrics - John Wesley Harding

Somebody went and killed some people 

And they know who 

The evidence fits around the facts 

Like a favourite shoe 

But nobody knows where the corpses are 

Their whereabouts unknown 

The killer's in a frenzy 

And he's getting on the phone 

So they got their thinking hats on 

And spread out in their cars 

But only I know where the bodies are 

You know they can i.d. someone 

From one cell of skin 

But they couldn't spot a crime scene 

If the killer went and let 'em in 

To genetic fingerprinting 

We all take off our hats 

To hide the little stains that spread 

Across the welcome mat 

You can put your best foot forward 

And wish upon a star 

But only I know where the bodies are 

Lawyers defending guilty men 

Depending on the bid 

The question isn't if they're guilty 

But if they'll get acquitted 

Justice goes unjustfied 

Beneath a police chief and an eagle 

Pain's too difficult to prove 

They're not going to make pain illegal 

To think that we were once naive 

To think we've come this far 

To think that only I know where the bodies are 

Some people don't wanna know 

The facts behind the scam 

Or see "who could I be? " 

Peeking out behind "the great I am" 

But most of us got enough to think about 

Husbands and wives 

To notice pointless death's become 

A brand new way of life 

And this is just a sandwich board 

That I wear out in the park 

Saying only I know where the bodies are 

(and I'm not telling you.)