Laura Norder - The Toughest Girl In Town

Detective Laura Norder wouldn’t recognise a border Her jurisdiction knew no bounds when there had been disorder As the toughest girl in town she always won the day The cells were crammed with criminals that she had put away Laura Norder stood her ground if she should be confronted By vicious thugs who’s I.Q. seemed to be a little stunted She never failed to face them down and see it all as fun But then she never failed to tote a fully loaded gun Laura Norder went downtown, her senses they were tingling There were people all around with whom she could be mingling But all those people scattered when a knife man blocked her path She grinned and left him battered in her bloody aftermath Laura Norder had no way of knowing his connections And later she would still indulge in zero introspections A mobster aimed his gun and said, “You gonna soon be dead.” A blur of motion left a bullet lodged inside his head For Laura Norder, highly skilled with weapons or unarmed Left the foulest gangster prone and she herself unharmed She always had the upper hand; she’d see minute inflections And spot the tiny details that belied their next intentions Laura Norder wasn’t someone anyone crossed twice Treat her decent and I guarantee she’d treat you nice But leave a greasy fingerprint or shoe print in the mud And you’ll be lucky if you’re breathing… in a pool of blood For Laura Norder walks a line that’s almost tightrope thin She’ll skirt the very edge of law to bring the felons in So, run a mile or run a thousand, she will hunt you down And you had best be ready… she’s the toughest girl in town Laura Norder isn’t butch, she’s pretty as can be But that and what I tell you must remain with you and me I found her sobbing in her car beside a busy road And when I asked, “What’s wrong,” she said… “I think I squashed a toad.”