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As readers of theses webpages will know, my father was a cop for many
years and I have a great deal of time for the forces of law and order.
However this song is superficially a telling
of the Dillinger story from John Dillinger's point of view.
As the recent film queries - were the outlaws
of the 1930's used as a way of legitimising the setting up of a paramilitary force with political aspirations.
Its a song that wonders whether 'the men in suits' should make us feel uneasy.
And furthermore
as either 'the lied about' and 'the lied to' - are we all victims of J Edgar Hoover's machinations?
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