Pigfarmer Jr - Sitting Silently

from SpinTunes 19 Round 1 by Spintunes

	/

Streaming + Download

Purchasable with gift card

lyrics

A call came, an emergency
In the middle of the night
A neighbor said they were at it again
They were having another fight

When more than an hour later
The cops finally arrived
The man's blood was everywhere
A knife stuck in his side

A woman sitting silently, looking straight ahead

They took her into custody
They took her straight to jail
They asked her questions for hours on end
She only said, "Go to hell!"

They asked her if he was hurting her
If it was self defense
But she refused to say a word
She kept them in suspense

A woman sitting silently, staring straight ahead

And no-one can understand why she won't tell the truth
She won't tell us what he did, how she suffered the abuse
And the reason will never be revealed
She'll take it to her grave

The bailiff asked the room to rise
But she stayed in her seat
The judge was asking her the questions
But she refused to speak

It didn't take them long to vote
For the verdict to be reached
They put the chains around each wrist
Then they put them around her feet

A woman sitting silently, staring straight ahead

And no-one can understand why she won't tell the truth
She won't tell us what he did, how she suffered the abuse
And the reason will never be revealed
She'll take it to her grave

credits

from SpinTunes 19 Round 1, released March 21, 2022

license

some rights reserved

about

Spintunes Union, South Carolina

Spintunes is a semi-annual songwriting contest. Every other week, the competitors receive a challenge and a week to meet it.

Each album on this site contains the responses to a single challenge.