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Down in Florida, a girl of seventeen
Told a deputy her age and the car she drove,
Within minutes, so the story goes, he ran her plate,
And he came back to that restaurant nine times or more.
In August he ran her plate again and drove out to her school
And the reason that he typed in the system was the coldest kind of cool
"Verifyin' an identity"
That's the line they found,
Who's readin' the log?
Who's readin' the log in my town?
Now he's charged with two felonies, and the court will have its say,
And the sheriff down there told reporters, plain as day
The audits were there, they just weren't lookin' at how many
Back home, the policy hands the audits to the chief,
And a council member says the audits ain't the kind of thing the council sees
This ain't about a person here. It's about who holds the keys.
"Verifyin' an identity"
That's the line they found,
Who's readin' the log?
Who's readin' the log in my town?
I got a girl about that age, she drives an old blue truck,
And I don't want her safety ridin' on a stranger's luck
Put a warrant in front of the search, put a reader on the log,
Council, keep your oath, vote 'em down.
"Verifyin' an identity"
That's the line they found,
Who's readin' the log?
Who's readin' the log?
Who's readin' the log in my town?
Who's readin' the log in my town?
Verifyin' an identity...
Who's readin' it?