Constable Songtext
von The Peep Tempel

Money is tight when you′re a constable
Humble times swimming in bills
You just have to do what you can

My wife's father was the family patriarch
A detective sergeant, that′s how I started
He was always full of condescending and cogent
And strong advice

So I bought in to keep the peace
And I enjoyed the pace as I cut my teeth
And I tuned in to some very like minded individuals

The unsteady hours and an unsteady head
It can be hard to keep it all together, friend
Your skull gets so cluttered
Sometimes you forget your own name

With the odd loose step backward stumble and balk
Everything in life becomes haunted
And I got ghosts in my walls and in my pockets
But at least I own my house!

Money is tight when you're a constable


So that odd loose step, earlier mentioned
A committal hearing and an unpaid suspension
For the subsequent separation of my wife
My colleagues' words began to drip

I escaped prosecution but not the snub
They were more than encouraging when I packed it up
And transferred interstate, to a station
In a little town called Keith

I′m the king out here in a small, small pond
Everything I want, I got
This is my time and this is my place
In this big old endless sky!

Money is tight when you′re a constable

You just have to do what you can

Money is tight

Money is tight when you're a constable
You need a strong stomach and a stronger will
Empathy will make your bones ache and your heart bleed

It′s strange the things that happen here
In such a little place
I've seen things you wouldn′t believe
And I've done things you couldn′t imagine


Money is tight when you're a constable
There is no karma and there is no God
And I most definitely don't believe in fate

I′ll build my kingdom out here in this little old pond
It′s not much but it's all I got
And I′ll protect every stone and every little buried bone
With absolute and extreme prejudice