Carmichael (Album Version)

Song Carmichael (Album Version)
Artist Neil Young
Album Greendale

Lyrics

[02:44.86] A silk scarf and a napkin
[02:49.39] Hidden in a drawer
[02:53.42] Two hundred bucks in an envelope
[02:56.45] Labeled a Lenore'
[03:02.34] "Maybe she shouldn't see this
[03:06.41] She should never know"
[03:10.79] Said the widow's best friend, Ann
[03:15.06] "I'll just take it and go"
[03:19.19] I'll give her the money later
[03:23.47] Say it was in his shoe
[03:27.75] That way she'll never find out
[03:30.91] That'll do
[04:11.04] Carmichael was a credit to the force
[04:15.12] In everything he did
[04:19.15] It's like we got a big hole in our side
[04:22.2] Where he fit
[04:27.96] If any of you officer
[04:32.33] Would like to say a word
[04:36.47] Now would be the time
[04:38.43] To be heard
[04:44.96] Thank you, Chief, I sure would
[04:48.99] He was a partner of mine
[04:53.25] He was always very careful
[04:56.72] Played it straight down the line
[05:01.89] One by one, the officers spoke
[05:05.92] And the service drew to a close
[05:10.20] He had no living relatives but his wife
[05:13.51] Who never showed
[05:19.13] She just couldn't face the men
[05:23.46] They all understood
[05:27.35] They got in their cars
[05:28.80] And drove home as directly as they could
[06:47.31] "Carmichael, you asshole"
[06:51.49] The new widow sobbed beneath her veil
[06:55.68] Shot down in the line of duty
[06:58.75] Is that how justice never fails?
[07:03.93] I wish that things were better
[07:06.15] When we said goodbye today
[07:09.11] But we had our share of good times though
[07:11.84] Along the way
[07:15.51] Remember, hey Mr. Las Vegas
[07:20.25] He used to be so cool
[07:24.52] We met Wayne Newton down at Pebble Beach
[07:27.30] And you acted like a fool?
[07:32.99] We both just couldn't stop laughing
[07:37.12] It seemed so funny to us
[07:41.26] We left our luggage back in our room
[07:43.48] And almost missed the bus
[07:49.72] That was a great vacation
[07:53.75] Maybe the best of all
[07:57.85] But goddamn it, Carmichael, you're dead now
[08:00.66] And I'm talkin' to the wall
[08:39.79] The force got back to normal
[08:44.07] Carmichael was replaced
[08:48.79] For one year nobody parked a car
[08:50.66] In Carmichael's space