We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Mr Officer

from This Land by Kelly Oliver

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      £1 GBP  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

about

Track 5 on the debut album by Kelly Oliver

lyrics

'Slow down Mr Officer, I'm not looking for a fight you see.
Slow down Mr Officer, I'm not looking for a fight you see.
But sir, Mr Officer, you have only just arrived.
So sir, Mr Officer, how will you know just what happened tonight?'

'Slow down Mr Officer, I am sure that I can help.
Oh sir, Mr Officer, that boy has just arrived himself.
Oh sir, Mr Officer, he won't know what to say,
so sir, Mr Officer, there's no need to take him away...'

'No sir, Mr Officer, I won't go home to bed,
'cause sir, Mr Officer, after this, you'll go home to bed.
But sir, Mr Officer, that boy's in jail tonight
and though he is innocent, he could be facing the jail for life.'

'Slow down Mr Officer, slow down Mr Officer,
I'm not looking for a fight sir.
Slow down Mr Officer, slow down Mr Officer,
what has happened tonight, sir?'

'Oh sir, Mr Officer, I wish I hadn't seen
the sight of a guilty man, with no remorse showing in him.
And sir, Mr Officer, I wish I could erase
the sound of a dying boy, praying for God to end his pain.'

'So sir, Mr Officer, I tell you honestly,
that boy who you've taken in is not the guilty man you seek.
But sir, Mr Officer, if you pervert the course,
one dead, one imprisoned, but two boys will lose their lives by force.

Two boys will lose their lives by force.

credits

from This Land, released October 27, 2014

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Folkstock Records image

Folkstock Records UK

Boutique label releasing handpicked singer songwriters from the Folkstock fold.
Most engineering, mixing and mastering by Lauren Deakin Davies.
Except Bright Season by Bright Season - released 31st May 2014
The F Spot by Friends of Folkstock - release date 17th May 2014
Passing the Baton - Swarb and Folkstock friends - 5th April 2014
Debut EP release from Kelly Oliver on 26.11.13. Far From Home ... more

contact / help

Contact Folkstock Records

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Folkstock Records, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Saxophonist Isaiah Collier chats about his new LP and the influence of Pharoah Sanders.
listen now