My mother cried, "The horror has finally ceased!"
He's thirty-eight years old, never kissed a girl
But they still stare at their shoes when they pass our place
He's thirty-eight years old, never kissed a girl
Over her shoulder on the squad car megaphone
Father said he'd tell 'em if he saw anything
Seems the Mounties had a summertime war to wage
Heard the tap on my window in the middle of the night
Freezing slow time, away from the world
Same pattern on the table, same clock on the wall
He whispered, "Yeah, for the time being at least"
Freezing slow time, away from the world
Same pattern on the table, same clock on the wall
Folks went back to normal when they closed the case
Held back the curtains for my older brother Mike
Said, "Let's go Michael, son, we're taking you home"
But one of the dozen was a hometown shame
See my sister got raped so a man got killed
Been one seat empty, eighteen years in all
They mostly came from towns with long French names
Been one seat empty, eighteen years in all
Twelve pictures lined up across the front page
Local boy went to prison, man's buried on the hill
We were sitting around the table, heard the telephone ring
Said, "The last thing they wanna do is hang around here"
He's thirty-eight years old, never kissed a girl
He's thirty-eight years old, never kissed a girl
The chief told the people they had nothing to fear
