Alibi Cracked

My suit is pressed,

my shoes are clean

The neatest alibi you've ever seen

At nine o'clock I read the news

Far from the docks and muddy shoes

But on the rug a single thread Of velvet green has turned

to red

Oh, the velvet alibi falls away

(ooh-yeah) A stitch too loose in the light of day

It was a perfect crime,

a master plan

Undone by the sleeve of a polite man

The inspector smiled and took his tea

He found the fiber by my knee

I blamed the coat,

I blamed the rain

But irony is hard to explain

A cheap mistake, a tiny tear

Now I've got fifteen years to spare

No alibi is truly tight When you slip out into the night

Just one loose thread,

a careless stitch

And you are

face down in the ditch (hahaha)

Oh, the velvet alibi falls away (so long) A stitch too loose

in the light of day It was a perfect crime,

a master plan

Undone by the sleeve of a polite man