To show that all's equal and that the courts are on the level
With rich wealthy parents who provide and protect him
Who carried the dishes and took out the garbage
Doomed and determined to destroy all the gentle
Stared at the person who killed for no reason
Now ain't the time for your tears
Owns a tobacco farm of six hundred acres
And booked William Zanzinger for first-degree murder
And high office relations in the politics of Maryland
Now ain't the time for your tears
And never sat once at the head of the table
But you who philosophize disgrace
And criticize all fears
And swear words and sneerin' and his tongue it was snarlin'
And criticize all fears
As they rode him in custody down to the station
That sailed through the air and came down through the room
And that the strings in the books ain't pulled and persuaded
And didn't even talk to the people at the table
But you who philosophize disgrace
And handed out strongly for penalty and repentance
Take the rag away from your face
William Zanzinger who at twenty four years
And in a matter of minutes on bail was out walkin'
Take the rag away from your face
At a Baltimore hotel society gathrin'
Who just cleaned up all the food from the table
William Zanzinger with a six month sentence
And the cops was called in and his weapon took from him
And she never done nothin' to William Zanzinger
And that the ladder of law has no top and no bottom
Now ain't the time for your tears
In the courtroom of honor the judge pounded his gavel
And he spoke through his cloak most deep and distinguished
And criticize fears
Take the rag away from your face
She was fifty-one years old and gave birth to ten children
And you who philosophize disgrace
Got killed by a blow, lay slain by a cane
And that even the nobles get properly handled
And criticize all fears
Bury the rag deep in your face
Ah, but you who philosophize disgrace
Once that the cops have chased after and caught 'em
Reacted to his deed with a shrug of his shoulders
Who just happened to be feelin' that way without warnin'
Hattie Carroll was a maid in the kitchen
And emptied the ashtrays on a whole other level
