Stem / Long Stem (Medley)

Lyrics

[Part I: Stem] Then go back Head there, decide I could just lay right down I'll tell your children not to lay right down [Part II: Long Stem] I said, "Parking tickets? You're crazy! I don't—" He said, "Well, they have some outstanding warrants left on you And they wanna just solve 'em, you know, whatever it'll be" So they take me in on a chain to Long Beach And now they lock me up in the cell behind the courtroom in Long Beach While I'm awaiting to be heard on my traffic offenses, parking tickets And I'm panicked, I'm thinking, you know, my God, man While I'm here, don't hold me, actually, what's to stop them? I mean, what's really to stop them? Oh, I assumed that maybe someday My mother would realize that I should have gotten out Nah, she was nice, you know, she would have known But still, what's to stop them? And I'm panicked And finally they call me, you know So I, I come out, and I go into the court And I am scared