Standard (EADGBE)

Badge number 301

Sits in his car and stares at his gun

 He wipes the the blood from his shirt

 The sweat from his brow

 He got out this time but he don't know how

 Well he'd go on home but nobody's there

No one to hold no one to care

There was a time he had someone

 But one day he came home she was gone

Love and a 45

Are all you need to get thru the night

One'll kill you one'll keep you alive

Love and a 45

Parole number fourteen two

Stands on the corner like she used to do

She's been away awhile so she's a little afraid

 And the judge said he didn't want to see her again

 But she's got no money she's got no rent

 The money she had is already spent

 Cause a couple of weeks ago she learned her lesson

Went and brought herself a little Smith and Wesson

Love and a 45

Are all you need to get thru the night

One'll kill you one'll keep you alive

Love and a 45

At 3:15 he got a call somebody heard a scream behind a wall

 At a little motel down by the bay

 But before he got there they got away

Well she was all right just a little roughed up

 So he took her down to the coffee shop

 The report he filed said victim unknown

 Now she waits up nights for him to come home

Love and a 45

Are all you need to get thru the night

One'll kill you one'll keep you alive

Love and a 45

Love and a 45

Are all you need to get thru the night

One'll kill you one'll keep you alive

Love and a 45