This file includes alibis, court and attorneys, law, law enforcement officers, prison and jail, theft, suspects and suspicion, and clues and traces.
Also see Law Enforcement.
- Alibi - Anna Luna (2006)
- Alibis - Tracy Lawrence (1993)
- Alibis and Crimes - Ray Tarantino (2007)
- Be My Alibi - Fighting With Shadows (2008)
- Bulletproof Alibi - Dana Monteith (2007)
- Don't Have an Alibi - Base (2009)
- Friends and Alibis - Escape the Fate (2006)
- Left With Alibis and Lying Eyes - Emery (2005)
- Lies and Alibis - Chris Pope (2008)
- Necessary Alibis - Moonman (2006)
- Need No Alibi - 59 Times the Pain (2008)
- No Alibi - Strategic Intent (2007)
- Perfect Alibi - Jennifer Aubry (2007)
- She's My Alibi - Dennis Russell (2001)
- Whiskey Lies and Alibis - Teresa Lynne (2006)
- White Lies and Alibis - Ashley Jay (2001)
- You Are My Alibi - Deity (2005)
- Your Alibi Called Today - Norma Jean (1967)
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Songs about Court and Attorneys
- According to the Evidence - Doye O'Dell (1956)
- Can I Get a Witness? - Marvin Gaye (1963)
- Circumstantial Evidence - Jim Ed Brown (1970)
- Condemned Without Trial - Gloria Lynne (1960)
- Defense Attorney - Chemtrail (2007)
- District Attorney - Steve Morgan (2008)
- Divorce Court - Paper the Operator (2008)
- Evidence - Patrice Holloway (1971)
- Framed - The Robins (1954)
- Funky Judge - Bull and the Matadors (1968)
- Good Attorney, A - Mattia Pascolini (2008)
- Guilty - The Warren Brothers (1998)
- Guilty By Suspicion - James Evans (2008)
- Hanging of Judge Parker, The - Bobby Barnett (1975)
- Here Comes the Judge - Pigmeat Markham (1968)
- I Confess - Michael Clark (2000)
- I'm Sending Roses to My Lawyer - Al Dexter (1968)
- Idiot Attorney - Kinetic (2006)
- In Self Defense - The Flairs (1956)
- Judge Baby, I'm Back - Cliff Nobles and Company (1968)
- Judge, What about Me? - Buddy Starcher (1966)
- Lawyers in Love - Jackson Browne (1983)
- My Attorney Bernie - Dave Frishberg (1983)
- One Million Lawyers - Tom Paxton (1985)
- People's Court - Ray Stevens (1986)
- Philadelphia Lawyer - Rose Maddox (1964)
- Star Witness - Neko Case (2006)
- Swear to Tell the Truth - Earl Hooker (1961)
- Temporary Insanity - Krista (2008)
- Tried and Convicted - Bobby Womack (1970)
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Songs about Law
- Awful Lot of Trouble - Middletown (2002)
- Bad Luck and Trouble - Lightnin' Hopkins (1959)
- Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde - Georgie Fame (1968)
- Ballad of John Dillinger - Billy Grammer (1968)
- Black Widow, The - Alice Cooper (1974)
- Child Killers - Leon Rosselson (2000)
- Counterfeiter - The Chargers (1958)
- Crime of Passion - John Wetton (1995)
- Don't Pay the Ransom - Nat Stuckey (1972)
- Done Something Wrong - Elmore James (1960)
- Evil is Alive and Well - Jakob Dylan (2008)
- Frontier Justice - Cee Cee Chapman (1989)
- Guilty Conscience - The Cochran Brothers (1955)
- He Broke the Law - The Fox Brothers (2000)
- Highway Ambush - The Clinch Mountain Boys (1969)
- Hired Gun - Robin and Linda Williams (1990)
- I Fought the Law - The Bobby Fuller Four (1965)
- I'm a Lonesome Fugitive - Roy Buchanan (1972)
- I'm in a World of Trouble - The Sweet Things (1966)
- I'm in Trouble Now - Kris Tyler (1998)
- Illegal, Immoral, and Fattening - Flo and Eddie (1974)
- Illegal Smile - John Prine (1971)
- Illegals - Cledus T. Judd (2007)
- It's Against the Law - Jimmy Bowen (1962)
- Jack the Ripper - Link Wray and the Raymen (1963)
- Killin' Kind, The - Bandana (1982)
- Lady and the Outlaw, The - John Stewart (1969)
- Legend of Bonnie and Clyde - Merle Haggard (1968)
- Lie Detector - Arlie Duff (1955)
- Love and Other Crimes - Lee Hazlewood (1968)
- Mean Mean Man - Wanda Jackson (1960)
- Mean Son of a Gun - Johnny Horton (1951)
- Men With Evil Hearts - Dottie West (1961)
- Missing Persons - Jay Ferguson (1980)
- Modern-Day Outlaw - Ronnie Rogers (1983)
- Murder 101 - The Wallflowers (2000)
- No One Mourns the Wicked - Kristin Chenoweth (2003)
- One Second Chance - Jeff Bates (2006)
- Oughta Be a Law - Lee Roy Parnell (1990)
- Outlaw Blues - Bob Dylan (1965)
- Outlaw Man - David Blue (1973)
- Outlaw Rider - McGuffey Lane (1981)
- Outlaws and Lone Star Beer - C.W. McCall (1979)
- Partners in Crime - Rupert Holmes (1979)
- Party of the Second Part, The - Hank Snow (1959)
- Poison - Alice Cooper (1989)
- Scene of the Crime - Marcia Ball (2001)
- Short Life of Trouble - Earl Taylor and His Band (1959)
- Suicide or Murder - Bounty Killer (1996)
- Texas Law Sez - Tompall Glaser (1974)
- There Ought to Be a Law - Billy 'Crash' Craddock (1966)
- Til the Law Says Stop - Johnny Faire (1957)
- Trouble - Greg Ridley (2005)
- Trouble I'm in, The - Lowell Fulson (1966)
- Trouble is My Middle Name - Bobby Vinton (1963)
- Troublemaker - Diane Renay (1965)
- Victims of the Fury - Robin Trower (1980)
- Who Killed Delores? - City Boy (1981)
- Wicked People - Mike Hale (2008)
- Wicked Woman - Julia Korena (2005)
- Wrong - Waylon Jennings (1990)
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Songs about Law Enforcement Officers
- But Officer - Sonny Knight (1953)
- Callin' the Sheriff - The Fireballs (1961)
- Casey Cop - The Elgins (1961)
- Chicago Cops - Gibson and Camp (1961)
- Cop on the Beat - The Playmates (1962)
- Cops and Robbers - The Destroyers (1993)
- Girl in Police Gazette - Homer and Jethro (1949)
- High Sheriff - Tony Joe White (1970)
- Highway Patrol - Junior Brown (1995)
- Hot Cop - Village People (1978)
- I Shot the Sheriff - Eric Clapton (1974)
- I'd Better Call the Law on Me - Hugh X. Lewis (1966)
- Jolly Cop Polka - The Pinetoppers (1952)
- Long Arm of the Law - Kenny Rogers (1980)
- Look Out Stranger, I'm a Texas Ranger - Phil Harris (1951)
- McNairy County Sheriff - Lawton Williams (2005)
- Mister Policeman - Hugh X. Lewis (1969)
- New York City Cops - Strokes (2001)
- Night Chicago Died, The - Paper Lace (1974)
- One Hour Ahead of the Posse - Burl Ives (1952)
- Police Department Blues - Andy Griffith (1959)
- Police Dog Blues - Jorma Kaukonen (1974)
- Policeman, Woman, Taxicab - Shel Silverstein (1970)
- Read Me My Rights - Don Preston (1981)
- Sheriff of Boone County - Kenny Price (1971)
- Somebody Killed a Policeman Today - Dick Curless (1990)
- Speeding Ticket - Inez and Charlie Foxx (1969)
- Suicide By Cop - Criminal Element (2008)
- Texas Ranger Man - Doug Sahm (1975)
- Texas Rangers - Dave Alvin (2000)
- Walking the Beat - Ernie Freeman (1956)
- You Have the Right to Remain Silent - Perfect Stranger (1995)
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Songs about Prison and Jail
- All Night in Jail - The Twisters (1957)
- Allentown Jail - Billy Strange (1966)
- Arkansas State Prison - Bobby Womack (1970)
- Back on the Chain Gang - The Pretenders (1983)
- Ballad of Attica Prison, The - Tiny Tim (1971)
- Beaufort County Jail - Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard (1975)
- Birmingham Jail - Lead Belly (1948)
- Blackjack County Chain - Willie Nelson (1967)
- Chain Gang - Sam Cooke (1960)
- Cold Grey Bars - Ned Miller (1970)
- Convict and the Rose, The - Chet Atkins and Hank Snow (1964)
- Dark as a Dungeon - Maddox Brothers and Rose (1950)
- Death Row - Bob Seger (1969)
- Five Years in Prison - Roy Hall (1949)
- Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash (1968)
- Fort Worth Jail - Lonnie Donegan (1959)
- Hutchinson Jail - Nancy Sinatra (1966)
- I Got Stripes - Johnny Cash (1959)
- I'd Rather Go to Jail - Mitch Ryder (1969)
- In the Jailhouse Now - Sonny James (1977)
- Jailhouse Blues - Sleepy John Estes (1960)
- Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley (1957)
- Just Came to Get Buford Outta Jail - Don Bowman (1969)
- Last Hour on Death Row - Johnny Wakely (1979)
- Nashville Jail - The Country Gentlemen (1990)
- Orange Jumpsuit - 77 ElDeora (2006)
- Prison Song, The - Curly Putman (1960)
- Prison Without Walls, A - Eddy Arnold (1950)
- Prisoner in Disguise - Souther Hillman Furay Band (1975)
- Prisoner's Song, The - The Timberliners (1962)
- Shackles and Chains - Montana Slim (1949)
- Should I Tie a Yellow Ribbon? - Connie Francis (1973)
- Sound of My Man Working on a Chain Gang, The - Theola Kilgore (1960)
- Stone Walls and Steel Bars - The Clinch Mountain Boys (1963)
- Suicide Watch - Dawn DeKrell and Jon Dittert (2004)
- Texas Jail Cell - Jon Wayne (1994)
- There Ain't No Good Chain Gang - Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings (1978)
- Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree - Johnny Carver (1973)
- Tijuana Jail, The - The Kingston Trio (1959)
- Tupelo County Jail - The Stonemans (1966)
- Week in a County Jail, A - Tom T. Hall (1970)
- Wichita Jail - The Charlie Daniels Band (1976)
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Songs about Theft
- Bandit, The - Bobby Thompson (2008)
- Beg, Borrow and Steal - Ohio Express (1967)
- Breaking and Entering - Carroll Baker (1981)
- Burglar Man - Claude Boone (1949)
- Cops and Robbers - The Destroyers (1993)
- Desperado - Johnny Rodriguez (1977)
- Desperadoes Waiting for a Train - The Highwaymen (1985)
- Drink, Swear, Steal and Lie - Michael Peterson (1997)
- Getaway Car - The Jenkins (2004)
- Getaway Driver - Paul Bellows (2001)
- Great Filling Station Holdup, The - Jimmy Buffett (1973)
- Great Mail Robbery, The - Rex Allen, Jr. (1974)
- Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves - Cher (1971)
- Highway Robbery - Tanya Tucker (1989)
- Holdup, The - David Bromberg (1971)
- Horsethief Moon - Ian Tyson (1884)
- Masked Marauder - Country Joe and the Fish (1969)
- Possession's Nine-Tenths of the Law - Lonesome Standard Time (1995)
- Prisoner's Song, The - Terri Williams (1999)
- Robbery Suspect - Stan Pope (2008)
- Run Like a Thief - J.D. Souther (1972)
- Rustler's Fate, The - The Carlisle Brothers (1933)
- Somebody Stole My Dog - Rufus Thomas (1964)
- Somebody Stole My Watermelon - The Fireballs (1965)
- Stolen Horses - Ray Wylie Hubbard (2003)
- Stolen Wine - Tommy Overstreet (1979)
- Stop, Thief - Carla Thomas (1967)
- Thievin' Stranger, The - Walter Brennan (1960)
- This is a Holdup - Bill Wence (2001)
- Thou Shalt Not Steal - Kaleidoscope (2006)
- Too Lazy to Work, Too Nervous to Steal - BR5-49 (2001)
- We Robbed Trains - The Smoky Mountain Boys (1981)
- Who Stole the Lock? - The Wiyos (2006)
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Songs about Suspects and Suspicion
- Above Suspicion - Nicholas McCaig (2007)
- Confirmation of Suspicions - Euphone (2000)
- Gonna Be More Suspicious - Eric Jerardi Band (2001)
- Guilty By Suspicion - James Evans (2008)
- Highly Suspicious - My Morning Jacket (2008)
- House of Suspicion - Loaf (2003)
- Likely Suspect - Michael Kollwitz (2006)
- Prime Suspect - Robert Ragland (1999)
- Robbery Suspect - Stan Pope (2008)
- Seeds of Suspicion - Eddie Hardin (1988)
- She Had Her Suspicions - Seks Bomba (2005)
- Sneakin' Suspicion - Burning Daylight (2007)
- Sneakin' Suspicions - Jack Wagner (1986)
- So Suspicious - Adrianna (2008)
- Strong Suspicion - Curtis Salgado (2004)
- Suspect - Daniel Powter (2006)
- Suspect Fled the Scene, The - Pedro the Lion (2001)
- Suspects and Conspirators - The Operative (2006)
- Suspicion - Asia (1985)
- Suspicion Haunts the Guilty Mind - Fairmont (2007)
- Suspicions - Tim McGraw (2007)
- Suspicious Activity - BuzzUniverse (2006)
- Suspicious Behavior - The Messenger (2008)
- Suspicious Eyes - Rick Monroe (1999)
- Suspicious Mind - The Heptones (1999)
- Suspicious Minds - Joe Dolan (2005)
- Suspicious of You - Case and Davidson (2006)
- Under Suspicion - Weeping Willows (1997)
- Usual Suspects - Sarah Moule (2002)
Songs about Clues and Traces
- Clues - Gary Lee Vincent (1997)
- Clues and Lies - Nathalie Matteau (2006)
- Clues and Traces - Camping (2008)
- Few More Clues, A - Dale Nikkel (2002)
- Follow the Clues - Wesley Plass and Hannes Treiber (2007)
- Hidden Clues - Tim Wallace-Murphy (2008)
- Lipstick Traces - The O'Jays (1965)
- Looking for Clues - David Arnold (1998)
- Please, Operator, Could You Trace This Call? - Garth Brooks (2005)
- Searchin' for Some Kind of Clue - Billy Joe Royal (1990)
- Searching for Clues - Juliet Kelly (2005)
- Traces - The Classic IV (1969)
- Traces of Life - Lonzo and Oscar (1974)
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