innocent bystander

my head is spinning sideways
nothing makes any sense
I can see the neighbors 
yapping over the fence
me, I'm just sleeping
off the night before
yes, I was there when it happened
when they kicked in the door

too much marijuana
can make you squirm
and I had too much tequila
man, I ate the fuckin' worm
I was drunker than shit, man
I could barely see
so why are you
interrogating me

          yeah, give me a number
          take down my legal name
          I never knew nothing
          I ain't taking the blame
          I've always been on the side
          of the long arm of the law
          I'm the innocent bystander
          there ain't nothing that I saw

now, I didn't touch her
I want you to understand
I barely even knew her
never even held her hand
when Jim from the Southside
and his merry group of men
took everything she had
again and again and again

yeah, I knew it wasn't right
yeah, I could have called 911
but the police in this city
what the hell would they have done?
I didn't know the bitch
I was scared of them boys
you wouldn't have heard me anyway
they was making all that noise
they were making all that fuckin' noise

          yeah, give me a number
          take down my legal name
          I never saw nothing
          I ain't taking the blame
          I've always been on the side
          of freedom and the law
          I'm the innocent bystander
          there ain't nothing that I saw

and anyway, what's the big deal?
I seen her around these parts
working for her medicine
in the back seat of a car
look, she's got a reputation
in this shithole of a town
this ain't the first time someone saw her
with her panties pulled way down

          yeah, give me a number
          take down my legal name
          I never saw nothing
          I ain't taking the blame
          I've always been on the side
          of the long arm of the law
          I'm the innocent bystander
          there ain't nothing that I saw