MARSHALL LAYS DOWN THE LAW

Marshall was stealing home
Betsy was holding her breath
Stuck on yesterday's words
Could he have meant all that he said?
"Who's looking out for you?
"Who's looking out for you and me?"

Marshall was stealing home
The Press was up in arms
"The gall, the gall" came the chorus of catcalls
With a flash for every footfall
Could he mean it all?

"I will count, I will count, hear I ain't fixing to be tamed
"You get one shot at the game and I ain't taking no chances
"No my territory will know my name
"Girl we're moving tomorrow to Marshall Arkansas"

And Betsy said "What about me?"

Marshall was stealing home
The crowd was on its feet
Spitting the words their fathers spat from all the way all the way back
"Who's looking out for you?
"Who's looking out for you and me?"

Marshall was stealing home
The PTA was incensed
"Repent, repent" their chorus went
"It's enough that he penned it
"Doesn't matter if he meant it"

"They keep egging us, egging us, egging us on
"Then when we get them at knifepoint they beg us to stop?
"Well they won't be giving this killer the drop
"When the pitchforks come for me I'll be long gone"

Marshall was stealing home
The bleachers hummed
Resonating with tones his ears alone could hear through the din
As he closed in on the epicenter
His body binding them all together
His words strumming on the strings

"I will count, I will count, hear I ain't fixing to be tamed
"You get one shot at the game and I ain't taking no chances
"No my territory will know my name
"Girl we're moving tomorrow to Marshall Arkansas"

And Betsy's saying "What about me?"

"Kill You" by Eminem (from The Marshall Mathers LP)