The Decemberists - The Bagman's Gambit Lyrics
On the lam from the lawon the steps of the capitolyou shot a plainclothes cop on the ten o'clockand I saw momentarilythey flashed a photograph, it couldn't be youyou'd been abused so horriblybut you were there in some anonymous roomand I recall that fallI was working for the governmentand in a bathroom stall off the National Mallhow we kissed so sweetlyhow could I refuse a favor or twofor a trist in the greeneryI gave you documents and microfilm, tooAnd from my ten floor tenementwhere once our bodies layhow I long to hear you sayno, they'll never catch me nowno, they'll never catch meno, they cannot catch me nowwe will escape somehowsomehowIt was late one nightI was awoken by the telephoneI heard a strangled cry on the end of the linepurloined in Petrogradthey were suspicious of where your loyalties layso I paid off a bureaucratto convince your captors they're to secret you awayAnd at the gate of the embassyour hands met through the barsas your whisper stilled my heartno, they'll never catch me nowno, they'll never catch meno, they cannot catch me nowwe will escape somehowsomehowAnd I dreamt one nightyou were there in fourshead held highin uniformIt was ten years onwhen you resurfaced in a motorcarwith the wave of an armyou were there and gone
