Bm A

there’s nothing as cold as the freeze in your soul

G A Bm

at the moment when you are arrested .

Bm A

there’s nothing as real as the iron and steel

G A Bm

on the handcuffs when you protested .

D F#

you race through the night in the prison of fright

Bm A

as you head for the quicksand of questions .

Bm A

and children unborn will see you in scorn

G A Bm

if ever you make a confession .

and the click of a lock is a shiver of shock

as you wonder what are their objectives .

upon your guard for the voices are hard

that belong to the cops and detectives .

and it’s hard to believe as they roll up their sleeves

that you’re in for more than a session .

and it couldn’t be true and it’s not really you

that they want to make a confession .

you cannot conceal the confussion you feel

as they steadily work to out – guess you .

and some will pretend they are really your friend

who rally around to your rescue .

with frightening force your mind is divorced

to give them the guilty impression .

every word that you hear is a weapon of fear

to win the war of confessions .

the lights shoot a glare like bullets they stare

and burn out the base of conviction .

and you squint and you blink and you try not to think

of the cobwebs of contridictions .

and your clothes will be wet with the rivers of sweat

that tells the tale of attention .

and once in awhile the clock has to smile

as it counts the time of confession .

the questions will rain and pour on your brain

with the proper speed they are driven .

the circles they pace and the sneer on their face

tells you no quarter is given .

you can salvage your mind when the paper is signed

then the crime is solved by oppression .

but win , lose , or draw , it’s the rule of the law

to always work for confession .

and the balance of scales seems distant and pale

in the shadowy days of the trial .

and sometimes they die; with their name on a lie

when it’s all too late for denial .

when agreement is full the switch must be pulled

and the chair leaves no hope for correction .

but the chances are large he was guilty as charged

after all , he made a confession .