Detective Lieutenant

Architect and mason build a square

You're the one who assigns it meaning

You live in that space

You give it joy, anger, hope, and despair

If I do a double murder

What the song did for you

Doesn't change an iota

One man pro-crucifix

Form a line

Your turn is coming

Just give it time

We don't toss away what we love

(We don't toss away what we love)

Well, maybe some of us

But I'm not part of that cover-up

I won't toss away what I love

(I won't toss away what I love)

I don't care who's involved

I'm not part of the cover-up

We don't toss away what we love

(We don't toss away what we love)

I won't toss away what I love

(I won't toss away what I love)

Bricklayers do their part and they exit

What happens next is none of their business

Christmas dinner, family battles

Who's on drugs and who's pregnant

If we disappoint each other somehow

It's okay, we don't share the same house

There's only one side of the street you're responsible for

And it's yours

We don't toss away what we love

(We don't toss away what we love)

I won't toss away what I love

(I won't toss away what I love)

We don't toss away what we love

(We don't toss away what we love)

Well, maybe some of us

But I'm not part of that cover-up

I won't toss away what I love

(I won't toss away what I love)

I want to forget you asked

You don't need to justify

Any and all reasons why

No one elected you to judge

Truth is your burial part of yourself