Woke up Tuesday, eggs on the stove Heard that knock, already know how this goes Same blue uniform, same clipboard too Same three questions that you already knew Asked me about Redacted, mate he's up in Cairns Been gone since 2019, nothing new to learn Asked me about a certain someone, doing eight You put him there yourself, so why you at my gate Asked me about you know who, she moved on Left the state, burned the phone, gone Pen clicking, paper shuffling, pause for effect Like I'm gonna crack this time, show some respect Cold eggs, cold morning, Penelope's barking Thirteen year old dachshund, she sees you coming Cops at my door again, cops at my door Cops at my door again, cops at my door What you come here for? Cops at my door again, cops at my door Cops at my door again, cops at my door Knock knock knock, what you knockin for Cops at my door Wednesday, barely dressed, peek through the curtain Floodlights up the driveway, 2am, that's certain Possums don't drive Landcruisers, just saying Twenty minutes of gravel before I see who's staying Three buildings on this property, they pick the shed Every time, walk past the house, knock down there instead So now I'm crawling through the dark half asleep Orb weavers thick as curtains, web across my cheek Arrive looking like I lost a fight with a spider Meanwhile Penelope clocked the torch, dropped beside her Thirteen years old, four kilos, nothing wrong in her life More than I can say for your floodlight, that's not spite Cops at my door again, cops at my door Cops at my door again, cops at my door What you come here for? Cops at my door again, cops at my door Cops at my door again, cops at my door Knock knock knock, what you knockin for What you come here for? Cops at my door Moved out here for quiet, thirty minutes from town See your lights from the bedroom, hear the gravel sound Chopping wood, minus three, just me and the trees Heard the crunch, saw the beam, put the axe down, please Stood there hands out like I was greeting a flight Bloke with firewood in pre-dawn light It's firewood, it was always firewood, always will be Wish that was easier to say without sounding guilty They hit the granny flat again, I watched from the hill Walked down through the webs, got one across the face, still I need a hazard suit to exist on my own place Cops at my door again, cops at my door Cops at my door again, cops at my door What you come here for? Cops at my door again, cops at my door Cops at my door again, cops at my door Knock knock knock, what you knockin for What you come here for? Cops at my door again, cops at my door Cops at my door again, cops at my door Cops at my door One I won't name, blonde hair, wrong time, fair game Didn't mind that visit, filed it, moved on, same Penelope didn't bark, make of that what you will The other one, energy of someone losing still Every argument since grade three, clipboard like a grudge Bad vibes at 6am, not a single budge No comment on the face, no comment on the hair Rather walk through orb weavers than meet you out there Ain't done nothing wrong, dispatch has the wrong loop Linda dobbed again, absolute droop Penelope's on medication, kept the receipt Redacted sends his regards from Cairns, discreet Axe is in the shed, it was always just cold Cops at my door again, cops at my door Cops at my door again, cops at my door Knock knock knock, what you knockin for What you come here for? Cops at my door again, cops at my door (Penelope's fine by the way) Cops at my door again, cops at my door (It was always firewood) Cops at my door again, cops at my door (Wrong building again) Cops at my door ...again?
