"The Perfect Crime" is a song about the difficult lives that some people lead.

Lyrics

The Perfect Crime - Robert Keats ©

Verse 1
Michael climbed the tenement stairs
To a lonely castle of dreams and despairs
Where the passions flow freely and the cupboards are bare
And the cries of the children hang free in the air

Chorus
Millions of stories, unending stories, unlimited, unsolvable stories
Written with tears, written with blood. Some end with happiness
like you wish they all would

Verse 2
Ashley sat naked and cold in the night
Was lonely and starving and shaking with fright
Abused and abandoned in the cold alley light
Seeking the end of a tunnel without any light

Bridge
The stories are savage like poems out of rhyme
The lives are all damaged, unsalvageable with time
Reminders that life is unfair and unkind,
And falling through the cracks is the perfect crime

Verse 3
David only wanted a life that was real
Fought fiercely and bravely towards that ideal
Against all of the players who cheat when they deal,
And abuse their power, with blatant racist zeal

Chorus
Millions of stories, unending stories, unlimited, unsolvable stories
Written with tears, written with blood. Some end with happiness
like you wish they all would

Chorus/Bridge 3
Lost homelands, lost lives, lost love and lost hope
Hundreds of years hanging from the systemic rope
Marginalized, down-trodden, barely able to cope
Falling through the cracks is a very slippery slope

Verse 4
Amad was shivering in a boat on the sea
In an overcrowded shell full of desperate refugees
Desperate to escape war’s bloody tragedy
Tethered to hope another blind fantasy

Bridge
The stories are savage like poems out of rhyme
The lives are all damaged, unsalvageable with time
Reminders that life is unfair and unkind,
And falling through the cracks is the perfect crime

Chorus
Millions of stories, unending stories, unlimited, unsolvable stories
Written with tears, written with blood
Some end with happiness like you wish they all would

Outro
Written with tears, written with blood
Some end with happiness
Falling through the cracks…the perfect crime