Cowboy Junkies - Murder Tonight In The Trailer Park lyrics

(Michael Timmins)

Murder tonight in the trailer park

Mrs. Annabelle Evans found

with her throat cut after dark

Her pockets turned inside out

her dresser drawers turned upside down

Anna's neighbour, Peg, identifies the body

lets out a hollow kind of sound

Homicide is tying yellow ribbons

around her silver Airstream

Red cherries slashing up the night

cutting through that cordoned crime scene

There's been a murder

in the trailer park tonight

Murder tonight in the trailer park

Pack your things Ann Marie,

we're heading west

we're going to make a fresh start

I've been saving pennies,

been looking forward to this day

No time for questions are you coming

or are you going to stay?

Crosstown at the Waterton

George Evans is sitting tall and tight,

buying drinks for all the regulars

bragging about how them bones

danced for him tonight

There's been a murder

in the trailer park tonight

Murder tonight in the trailer park

Faceless man counting crumpled bills,

hotel neon fights the dark

TV set in the corner, they're talking murder

on the late-night news

He turns down the sound,

waits for the sports,

he only wants to know,

'Did I win or did I lose'

There's been a murder

in the trailer park tonight

Murder tonight in the trailer park