You take off from work a bit early   The boss doesn't care if you stay   The guard with the key has to check your ID   But he'd just as soon blow you away      The cops have stopped ten miles of traffic   They're sorry for all the delay   No need for alarm as they're waving their arms   But they'd just as soon blow you away      Two pretty blondes in a Porsche   Their bumper says "We Love LA"   They look pretty fair but they're crazy out there   And they'd just as soon blow you away      You got in some trouble in high school   But you feel like a new man today   You keep to yourself because anyone else   Would just as soon blow you away      You're standin' in front of the teller   She's countin' out all of your pay   There's twenties and ones and there's guards with their guns   And they'd just as soon blow you away      And one old ex-con at the station   Fixes flats in the back of the bay   He winks and he jokes and he borrows a smoke   But he'd just as soon blow you away      You like the new girl at the hotel   She drops your room key in the tray   No words will pass through the bullet-proof glass   'Cause she'd just as soon blow you away      You climb up the stairs every evening   To your room right above the café   There isn't much mystique buy you pay every week   'Cause they'd just as soon blow you away      And you turn out the light that you read by   You pray that you're one of the few   When you're in with the lord there's just one reward   And they'd just as soon make it come true      The mattress is mildewed and lumpy   But you fall fast asleep where you lay   Under the lump is a twenty gauge pump   'Cause they'd just as soon blow you away