Speed Trap

I'm the cop in a little bitty town

And I don't get much pay

Oh, but I caught seventeen out-of-state cars

And four of my friends today

Yeah, I let the hometwon boys go home

They paid five dollars bail

Oh, but all the drivers in the out-of-sate cars

Had to go to jail

Yeah, they hollered and they moaned, they cried and they groaned

They all swore that they'd sue

But the judge was high, and so was I

And we needed the money due

Yeah, the judge and me got a deal, you see

We split the money fair

'Cept thirty percent to the county seat

Keep the law out of our hair

And ol' Charlie's workin' out real good at down at the corner store where

The red light is. He sees them out-of-state plates two blocks away. When

They get right on top of that green light, ol' Charlie pushes that secret

Button underneath the corner drug store counter. And that yellow light only

Lasts for a tenth of a second.

Yeah, the county pays me about fourty a week

Ain't that the livin' end

If it wasn't for them tourists in them out-of-state cars

I'd have no loot to spend

But the way it stands this year so far,

I've made four hundred thou

For a high school dropout, I'm doin' fine

I'm makin' more than the president now

For a high school dropout, I'm doin' fine

I'm makin' more than the president now

So if you're drivin' down the road

And a flashin' light you see

If they're on top of a red Rolls-Royce

You can bet your boots it's me

'Cause I'm the cop in a little bitty town

And I'd sure like to see

All you drivers in them out-of-state cars

Try to get by me