D00d & Mesloes - A Delicate Green lyrics

May I ask a question, ma'am
Please may I infer, sir
This investigation
It's all smoked up and blurred

By the gaslights who flicker
On the sweat of your brow
Now, you've run out of liquor
As they've run out of town

Coffee spilled paper
Photo in the news
Laid out on the pavement
Dress all ripped and loose

June 1920 robbed her youth
Green envy

The widow wants answers
From the man in disguise
But the gambler's a rambler
He wails for his demise

And the priest blames the dancer
While the bartender lies
Oh, such blunt contradictions
And such frail alibies

Coffee spilled paper
Photo in the news
Laid out on the pavement
Dress all ripped and loose

June 1920 robbed her youth
Green envy

They think they're so clever
I vow they shall pay
Down or up the river
They won't get away

Coffee spilled paper
Photo in the news
Laid out on the pavement
Dress all ripped and loose

June 1920 robbed her youth
Green envy [3x]