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O.J.
a year ago
Orenthal James was a mighty bad man
He killed two people last night
Chopped off their heads in West L.A.
Musta been a mighty sharp knife (Poor Boy!)
Musta been a mighty sharp knife
One was his ex-wife, the other one her lover
Orenthal was a very jealous man
He hid in the bushes and began to mutter
If I can’t have her nobody else can
He flew to Chicago, two cuts on his hand
Two bodies discovered too fast
His outa town alibi gone up in smoke
Now we find out about his wife beatin’ past (Poor Boy!)
Find out about his wife beatin’ past
They threw him in jail, they brought him to trial
Orenthal hired million dollar ’turneys
Told so many lies, I almost went blind
If he didn’t do it who did? (Poor Boy!)
If he didn’t do it who did?
Orenthal had the motive and the opportunity, too
He planned it all and tried to escape
Wrote a suicide note but wasn’t man enough
To speak the truth and seal his fate (Poor Boy!)
There was blood in the car and blood on his clothes
Though they never did find that knife
He smiled for the cameras and bought him some justice
And got away with killin’ his wife (Poor Boy!)
Got away with killin’ his wife
When the foreman returned and said Not guilty
I couldn’t believe my ears
Orenthal James is a mighty bad man
Oughta be in jail for 400 years
Servin’ time for 400 years
Orenthal James killed his bimbo ex-wife
The mama of his children, two
Been in Hollywood so long
He starts to believe the big lie
Don’t let it happen to you (Poor Boy!)
Don’t let it happen to you
Orenthal James was a mighty bad man
Killed two people last night
Chopped off their heads in West L.A.
Musta been a mighty sharp knife (Poor Boy!)
Musta been a mighty sharp knife
---Mojo Nixon
He killed two people last night
Chopped off their heads in West L.A.
Musta been a mighty sharp knife (Poor Boy!)
Musta been a mighty sharp knife
One was his ex-wife, the other one her lover
Orenthal was a very jealous man
He hid in the bushes and began to mutter
If I can’t have her nobody else can
He flew to Chicago, two cuts on his hand
Two bodies discovered too fast
His outa town alibi gone up in smoke
Now we find out about his wife beatin’ past (Poor Boy!)
Find out about his wife beatin’ past
They threw him in jail, they brought him to trial
Orenthal hired million dollar ’turneys
Told so many lies, I almost went blind
If he didn’t do it who did? (Poor Boy!)
If he didn’t do it who did?
Orenthal had the motive and the opportunity, too
He planned it all and tried to escape
Wrote a suicide note but wasn’t man enough
To speak the truth and seal his fate (Poor Boy!)
There was blood in the car and blood on his clothes
Though they never did find that knife
He smiled for the cameras and bought him some justice
And got away with killin’ his wife (Poor Boy!)
Got away with killin’ his wife
When the foreman returned and said Not guilty
I couldn’t believe my ears
Orenthal James is a mighty bad man
Oughta be in jail for 400 years
Servin’ time for 400 years
Orenthal James killed his bimbo ex-wife
The mama of his children, two
Been in Hollywood so long
He starts to believe the big lie
Don’t let it happen to you (Poor Boy!)
Don’t let it happen to you
Orenthal James was a mighty bad man
Killed two people last night
Chopped off their heads in West L.A.
Musta been a mighty sharp knife (Poor Boy!)
Musta been a mighty sharp knife
---Mojo Nixon
Not that I disagree that the prosecution made a number of unforced errors, to be sure, but with members of the jury acting in bad faith like that, I'm not sure anyone could've gotten a conviction out of that jury no matter how perfectly they laid out their case.
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/564/too-soon
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