I Don't Like the Look of Things

I Don't Like the Look of Things
by Tom Flannery copyright 2008

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I don't like the look of things
there's too much in the air
too many kids crowding around
straining to see what's there
girls in clumps like random grass
hard boys no one can pass
cops on the way I hear one kid say
doc marten boots and a drunken sway

I don't like the look of things
so I hang back in the crowd
opened the eyes in the back of my head
and turned the sound up real real loud
put on my jacket fixed my hair
like I'd be the last to care
ambulance passes like a firefly
blood on the steps leading them inside

I hear a girl she's screaming
"Billy don't go"
but Billy's too far gone
and man does it show
cop he covers him up
and quickly shakes his head
another young girl seared forever
another young boy dead

Everybody just walked away
no more to see and the night was young
plenty of time to score yet
or find the wrong end of a gun
girls with their skirts pulled up so high
mascara running into the eye
they find the pack and settle in
wait the battle to begin again

Find my car start heading home
wife and kids all tucked away
lock the door behind me
wait for the light of day
turn on the news nothing there
names and numbers all the same
'round here it's touch and go
depending on your daddy's name

I don't like the look of things
there's too much in the air
too many kids crowding around
straining to see what's there
girls in clumps like random grass
hard boys no one can pass
cops on the way I hear one kid say
doc marten boots and a drunken sway

I don't like the look of things
I don't like the look of things