Peering underneath the hedgeAt my walkie-talkie on the ledgeOf the open kitchen window frameOf the trusting Mrs. PaineShe’s taken Russians inA wife and two small kidsMarina, Rachel, JuneTheir smirking daddy when there’s roomAnd now I’m off to historyAnd I got a front row seatMy Secret Spy Decoder RingSays, “Junior, follow me.Fate is filing up her plate,The paper route can wait.”I let the dailies stack un-thrownThis mystery’s bigger than what’s knownThe petty events of this worldYellow on the driveUntil Thursday night at fiveWhen “O.H. Lee” arrivesI sneak out in camouflageAnd that night in the garageA naked bulb illuminatesSifting through the broken cratesButcher paper in his teethThe mousy ex-marineLifts from a blanket rollA rifle with a scopeI caught my breathAs he clumsily drew the bolt action backHe was staring down the barrel right at meRight at me!Chased across the roadI burst into the kitchen of the cop next doorBut he hardly looked up from his whisky neat, I shouted, “Come and see!”BreakThe cop said, “What’s that thing?Is that a Secret Spy Decoder Ring?Are those x-ray glasses hanging from your ears? Don’t you fear.Your imagination’s wildI got a motorcade to ride in, in just a few hoursYou remind me of my daughter, God bless her soulNow, get on home…”The cop got on his motorbikeWaved to the gunman at first lightWalking out of Mrs. Paine’s front doorPackage underneath his arm“What you bringin’ to work’ Lee?”“Curtain rods,” he said and winked at meThe morning paper hit the drive“TODAY THE PRESIDENT ARRIVES”Now, I’m off to miseryA kid not to be believedMy secret spy decoder ringIs wryly mocking me:“You could save his lifeIf you were old enough to drive…If you were old enough to drive…If you were old enough to drive…”If I was old enough to drive…
Lyrics by Cowboy Junkies
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