The thin blue line lyrics

Background to song

https://news.sky.com/story/dozens-of-police-officers-convicted-of-crimes-including-rape-and-sexual-assault-since-sarah-everards-murder-13086063

The thin blue line

verse 1

The uniform comes with a blind eye

We don't grass on one of our own

See things, deserving of jail time

When it's us, the law's not set in stone

verse 2

We bend the rules for societies rejects

All it takes is a Mason's handshake

Case files can go missing, start with a clean slate

A word in a Minister's ear, that's all that it will take

chorus

There's an unwritten rule in the Met

If you break it, you'll live to regret

You wont get the chance to resign

If you cross the thin blue line

verse3

Inquiries we just ignore, till a government change

Water under the bridge, helps to cover our tracks

If all else fails, and the public demand some justice

Lean on the Home Secretary, she'll have our back.

chorus

There's an unwritten rule in the Met

If you break it, you'll live to regret

You wont get the chance to resign

If you cross the thin blue line

bridge

If the plebs take to the streets, it's us who have the gas

Plant some men to throw the stones, blame it on the few

Our judges will hand out fines, toe the party line

We'll censor all the news, so you'll never know what's true

chorus

There's an unwritten rule in the Met

If you break it, you'll live to regret

You wont get the chance to resign

If you cross the thin blue line