A silk scarf and a napkin
Hidden in a drawer
Two hundred bucks in an envelope
Labeled Lenore
"Maybe she shouldn t see this.
She should never know
Said the widow s best friendAnn
I ll just take it and go."
"I ll give her the money later
Say it was in his shoe
That way she ll never find out
That ll do."

"Carmichael was a credit to the force
In everything he did.
It s like we got a big hole in our side
Where he fit.
"If any of you officers
Would like to say a word
Now would be the time
To be heard."

"Wellthank youChiefI sure would.
Carmichael was a partner of mine.
He was always very careful.
And he played it straight down the line."
One by onethe officers spoke
And the service came to a close
He had no living relatives but his wife
And she never showed
She just couldn t face the men
They all understood
They got in their cars
And drove home as directly as they could

"Carmichaelyou asshole
the new widow sobbed beneath her veil
Shot down in the line of duty
Is that how justice never fails?"
"I wish that things were better
When we said goodbye today
But we had our share of good times though
Along the way.

"Rememberhey Mr. Las Vegas
You used to be so cool
We met Wayne Newton down at Pebble Beach
And you acted like a fool?
"We just couldn t stop laughing
It seemed so funny to us
We left our luggage back in the hotel
And almost missed the bus.

"That was a great vacation
Maybe the best of all
But God damn itCarmichaelyou re dead now
And I m talkin to the wall."
The force got back to normal
Carmichael was replaced
For one year nobody parked a car
In Carmichael s space.

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