Maria and the Wire She walks out, she walks out, she talks out loud about Those evil scheming nurses behind the clinic walls She blocks out, she blocks out, she mocks my every word She wants to light up this day before night claims us all I smile at her, she kicks my tire, her arm was burnt by a fire from China By way of LA Hey jack she yells to me, do you have a place where I can be? A pillow and a blanket would be okay I don't want to fight I just want to do what is right For once in my life I want to be clean I just want a chance to be redeemed She asks me, she asks me, she wracks her brains for The name of the actors she used to ask after She blacks out, she blacks out, it cracks me up as The acts of these final days slip away past her Every day an officer comes around to visit her We pay him off to leave and he always does He Jack, she yells at me, was life always this boring to us? I shake my head, yes it was I don't want to fight I just want to do what is right For once in my life I want to be clean I just want a chance to be redeemed I fear, I fear, she volunteered to wear a wire And yield a dealer up in Bakersfield The cops say, the cops say, the DA says he's impressed He can offer 20 grand for an arrest The night before she did the thing an apartment in our building caught fire But the child was alright He Jack she calls to say, did you know the hallway Is glowing with a holy light? I don't want to fight I just want to do what is right For once in my life I want to be clean I just want a chance to be redeemed