Peculiar - The Slackers

I committed no crime but it seems that I have no place to hide

I had a bad disposition and a pistol all loaded for suicide

And though I didn’t act, that don’t really matter

The law books they are fat, the lawyers they get fatter

And I’ll be lucky if they ship me to Siberia

I’ve got two mad women, no mother, and a brother who prays for me

And as for my man Ivan, if I’m lucky, maybe he’ll take the blame for me

Or maybe I’ll get loaded, end up in a fight

Or maybe I’ll go down just like the other night

But I’ll be lucky if they ship me to Siberia

Well Father was peculiar, and now the fruit it don’t fall to far away

So what’s it to ya?

If he was here I know he would say

No, he’d tell ya, I didn’t do those crimes you claim

No, he’d tell ya, I didn’t do those things you say

Well, Father was peculiar and we both ended up with the same girl

If you call me obsessive, well it kind of underestimates my behavior

Now everyone believes in an imminent conviction

Everybody knew my overall intentions

And I’ll be lucky if they ship me to Siberia

Now Father was peculiar, and now the fruit it did fall so far away

Well, what’s it to ya?

If he were here I know he would say

No, he’d tell ya, I didn’t do those crimes you claim

No, he’d tell ya, I didn’t do those things you say

Now the judge and the jury and the people in the city, they all talk about

(talk, talk, talk)

The people in my life like they’re someone in a movie on your night out

Evidence is bad and it don’t look like I’m getting out of here

And as for the man who done it, he fixed it up nice, he made it very clear

But Ivan understands, when everything is awful

You do just what you can because everything is lawful

And I’ll be lucky if he can break me outta here

And I say, come on man!

Well Father was peculiar

Yeah, so what’s it to ya?

It didn’t mean I did those crimes you say

Hey!

I said Father was peculiar

Yeah, so what’s it to ya?

Still I didn’t do those crimes you say

You say, you say

Father, Father was peculiar

Didn’t mean I did no crimes