Neil Young Carmichael Lyrics

Carmichael Lyrics

Silk scarf and a napkin

Hidden in a drawer

Two hundred bucks in an
envelope

Labeled lenore



"maybe she shouldn't see this

She should never know,"

Said the widow's best friend anne,

"i'll
just take it and go



I'll give her the money later

Say it was
in his shoe

That way she'll never find out...

That'll do"



"carmichael was a credit to the force

In everything he did

It's
like we got a big hole in our side 

Where he fit



If any of
you officers 

Would like to say a word

Now would be the time

To be heard"



"thank you chief, i sure would

He was a
partner of mine

He was always very careful

And played it straight
down the line"



One by one the officers spoke

And the service
drew to a close

He had no living relatives

But his wife who never
showed



She just couldn't face the men

They all
understood

They got in their cars and drove home 

As directly as
they could



"carmichael you asshole,"

The new widow sobbed
beneath her veil,

"shot down in the line of duty

Is this how
justice never fails?



I wish that things were better

When we
said goodbye today

But we had our share of good times though

Along
the way



Remember 

'hey mr. las vegas

You used to be so
cool!!'

We met wayne newton down at pebble beach

And you acted like
a fool



But we both just couldn't stop laughin'

It seemed so
funny to us

We left our luggage back in the room and almost missed the
bus



That was a great vacation

Maybe the best of all

But goddamnit carmichael you're dead now

And i'm talkin' to the
wall"



The force got back to normal

Carmichael was
replaced

For one year nobody parked a car

In carmichael's space