(getting / Giving The Lock) Lyrics - The Faint

they were partners in crime 

when the wife admits 

that her son had been taking what the neighbors have missed 

there's a law in the city 

and it's clear as a nail 

you don't blame who you have 

you just take who you steal 

but nobody told him that "it's up to you deciding 

you're getting the lock 

or giving it" 

his family moans in disapproval 

it's damaging but not threatening 

the partners in crime 

were ahead at the finish 

the p.i. started detecting where the family had lived 

and his jaw started to squeak 

and the kid started to spill 

he attached to the manila 

that he had hired them all 

the lieutenant underestimated his need for notoriety 

he spilled when they told him 

it was "up to you deciding, you're getting the lock or giving it" 

his family moaned