Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Malkmus & Stephen Malkmus
[Verse 1]
I would like to represent you, be a verbal musician
Be the one who defends you
When the odds are stacked up high like rotten dominoes
I'll be there to vet the jury
Make sure there's a couple of softies on our side
They'll see their own kids in you
Their empathy will go a thousand miles wide
[Chorus]
Your motive it's unclear
The witness is a nearsighted engineer
It's the greatest own in legal history
[Verse 2]
Our jailhouse discussions
Will be fraught with innuendo, mutual respect
Pretty soon you will be gushing
To the other boys behind the bars of my affect
[Chorus]
Let me take the lead
There's nothing that you'll need, you'll see
It's the greatest own in legal history
[Verse 3]
Cases, many haunting me
When I try to sleep and I can tell you I don't sleep that much
Faces of hegemony
If you really want to bum out I got spreadsheets on that stuff
[Chorus]
Juvie, it is jammed
There's someone here who gives a damn, it's me
The greatest own in legal history
The Greatest Own in Legal History was written by Stephen Malkmus.
The Greatest Own in Legal History was produced by Chris Funk.
Stephen Malkmus released The Greatest Own in Legal History on Fri Mar 06 2020.
In a Pitchfork interview, Malkmus comments about the song being written from the perspective of a lawyer trying to convince a kid he’ll get him out of jail:
Being privileged enough to be on the other side of the bars. Having enough to afford an education when the other person doesn’t. How unfair th...