City girls just seem to find out early
How to open doors with butterknives
She has no job
'Cause she left school too early
She's been dressin' up in rags for her whole life.

Late at night a slum apartment gets messy
I guess every form of refuse has its price
And it really sad to think her run-down apartment
is home to more than seven dozen mice

So she decides she must go out for the evening
To visit a homeboy who's dealin' ice
But the cops knows where she's goin' as she's leavin'
an apartment so infested with dyin' mice

She can't hide her dyin' mice
Lysol spray is a thin disguise
You'd think by now she'd realize
There ain't no way to hide those dyin' mice!

On the other side of town a cop is waiting
with pryin' eyes to look in on the deal
She drives on through the night anticipating
A deep discount if she lets him touch and feel

She rushes to his arms,
They fall together
She whispers she'll be back in just a while
As she drives away she sees the officer's squad car
He pulls her over and tells her with with a smile

You can't hide your dyin' mice
Lysol spray is a thin disguise
I thought by now you'd realize
There ain't no way to hide your dyin' mice.

She gets out and she drinks down a strong one
And get herself charged with DUI
Another night in jail, it's gonna be a long one
As the door slams, she hangs her head and cries

She wonders how it ever got this crazy
She wishes that she hadn't dropped out of school
Did she get stoned or did she just get hazy?
She's so far gone she feels just like a fool

My, oh my, the cop sure knew how to arrange things
He set it up so well, so carefully
Ain't it funny how her street smarts didn't change things
She's still the in same old rut she used to be

And she can't hide her dyin' mice
Lysol spray is a thin disguise
You'd think by now she'd realize
There ain't no way to hide her dyin' mice
There ain't no way to hide her dyin' mice
Girl, you just can't hide those dyin' mice!