Crime in the City (Bluenote Café) Neil Young

[Verse 1]
There's a judge in the city
He goes to work every day
He spends his life in the courthouse
Keeps his perspective that way
Yeah, I respect his decision
He's got a lot on his mind
He's a little heavy with the gavel
But he's light on fines
One day there was a minstrel
He came to town on a charge
That the blew someone's ears off
Because his amp was too large
And the song he was singing
Was not for love, but for cash
Well, the judge weighed the charges
He fingered his mustache

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 2]
Well, the jailhouse was empty
All the criminals were gone
The gate was left wide open
And a buck and fawn
There, eating grass in a work yard
When the warden walked in
He took the rifle from a prison guard
He said to him with a grin
"To shoot those deer would be stupid
We already got 'em right here
Why don't just lock the gates and keep them
With intimidation and fear?"
But the warden pulled the trigger
And those deer hit the ground
He said, "Nobody will know the difference"
And they both looked around