Paper bags and plastic hearts
All our belongings in shopping carts
It's goodbye, but we got one more night
Let's get drunk and ride around
And make peace with an empty town
We can make it right
Throw it away, forget yesterday
We'll make the great escape
And we won't hear a word they say
They don't know us anyway
Watch it burn, let it die
'Cause we are finally free, tonight
Tonight will change our lives
It's so good to be by your side
We'll cry, but we won't give up the fight
We'll scream loud at the top of our lungs
And they'll think it's just 'cause we're young
But we'll feel so alive
Throw it away, forget yesterday
We'll make the great escape
And we won't hear a word they say
They don't know us anyway
Watch it burn, let it die
'Cause we are finally free, tonight
All of the wasted time, the
Hours that we've left behind, the
Answers that we'll never find
They don't mean a thing, tonight
Throw it away, forget yesterday
We'll make the great escape
We won't hear a word they say
They don't know us anyway
Throw it away, forget yesterday
We'll make the great escape
And we won't hear a word they say
They don't know us anyway
Throw it away, forget yesterday
We'll make the great escape
And we won't hear a word they say
They don't know us anyway
Watch it burn, let it die
'Cause we are finally free, tonight!
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Martin Johnson / David Anthony Katz / Samuel Hollander
The Great Escape lyrics © Reservoir Media Music, Emi April Music Inc., Emi Blackwood Music Inc., Reptillian Music, Mayday Malone Music, Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited
C.: (Ring) Hey,d.c. you missed an interesting night when you switched to the day shift!
d.: I can imagine. I switched because all my sons are grown and Eudora wanted to spend more time together. I know a lot of interesting things happen at night. I gathered last night was very interesting, because I was asked to assess an inmate to be put into Ad.Seg. as soon as I walked in the door this morning. What happened?
C.: Well, I noticed one inmate would disappear for several hours and come back with bags of candy. I know the commissary is closed at night, so I assumed that he was meeting someone who would smuggle the candy in to him. As it turns out, that’s not where the candy comes from.
d.: Where is it coming from, Cal.E.?
C.: The major of the cluster did a surprise inspection last night.. C-14 was missing, so he asked the officer in charge of the crew that he was supposed to be working on cleaning cages where he was. The officer tried to tell the major that he was in the bathroom with severe diarrhea. The inmates’ restroom, though, doesn’t have any locks. The major went into the restroom and didn’t find the inmate. At that point, the officer had to tell the major that he had let the inmates take a trip to a convenience store.
As it turns out, the major already knew where the inmate was. He was in the prison bus with two officers. The officer who let him out to go to the store’s wife worked the night shift at the convenience store. She had just started working at night. She saw the inmate that she recognized from “The Kennel,” and called the warden. Since she usually worked the day shift, she wasn't aware that her husband was letting the inmate go to the store on a regular basis.
The inmate had civilian clothes hidden in a shopping cart he stole from the store in the woods that separates The Kennel from the convenience store. The officer would give him enough cash to buy both of them candy. When the major confronted the officer, he said, “The inmate promised he would come back.” It was THE funniest thing that has happened since I started working at The Kennel!
d.: I hope that officer has been relieved of his duties!
C.: He has, temporarily. He’s on paid administrative leave pending further investigation of the incident, per the warden’s orders.
d.: So, he does something illegal (and dangerous), gets caught by the actions of his own wife, and gets a paid vacation out of it?!
C.: Yes, d.c. , as you’ve told me many times since I started working at The Kennel,, “It’s the government. Don’t try to make sense of their actions. It will drive you crazy if you do!”
d.: That’s all the time we have for today, folks. Join us tomorrow for another episode of “Cal.E.’s Corner.”
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