(Getting/Giving the Lock)

They were partners in crime

When the wife admits

That her son had been taking

What the neighbors have missed

There's a law in the city

And it's clear as a nail

You don't blame who you have

You just take what you steal

But nobody told him that

"It's up to you deciding

You're getting the lock

Or giving it"

His family moans in disapproval

It's damaging but not threatening

The partners in crime

Were ahead at the finish

The P.I. started detecting

Where the family had lived

And his jaw started to squeak

And the kid started to spill

He attached to the manila

That he had hired them all

The lieutenant underestimated

His need for notoriety

He spilled when they told him

"It was up to you deciding

You're getting the lock

Or giving it"

His family moans in disapproval

It's damaging but not threatening

And it was up to you deciding

You're getting the lock

Or giving it

His family moans in disapproval

It's damaging but not threatening