Disenchanted with the Law

[Verse 1]
I sat on a bench by the courthouse door
A magpie sang
But I wasn’t sure—
If it was a hymn or a cry for help
The papers in my hand
A bitter welt

The sky stretched wide
Blue as a lie
Promises float
Then they drift and die

[Chorus]
Oh
Disenchanted
With the law
I thought it held truth
But I saw the flaw
Oh
Disenchanted
Just a name on a page
Justice
It seems
Is locked in a cage

[Verse 2]
They wear their robes
And they talk so high
But their words blow past
Like a ghostly sigh
I brought my story
Plain and bare
They glanced
They shrugged—wasn’t theirs to care

The gum trees sway
Whispering low
"Fairness ain’t something they tend to show."

[Chorus]
Oh
Disenchanted
With the law
I thought it held truth
But I saw the flaw
Oh
Disenchanted
Just a name on a page
Justice
It seems
Is locked in a cage