Poem: You Know I Robbed A Bank? By Shawn Kilroy

Note: This post was originally published in April of 2016. We’re posting it again as part of Philebrity’s 17th anniversary in October of 2021. 

You know I robbed a bank?

I got away with it

Now I'm set for life

I have all the cash

I could ever need

And thinks are workin out well

Nobody saw my face

I didnt have to leave

town or anything.

Just go on livin

With a giant trunk

Full of bills

You know I robbed a bank?

I got away with it

Now I'm set for life

When I need new sneakers

I just go to the store

And I buy them

When the cable bill comes

I pay that shit in cash

No big deal

When I'm feelin bored

I go out

And get everybody loaded

You know I robbed a bank?

I got away with it

Now I'm set for life

All my worries are gone

Now I can focus

On painting

Cafes all morning

Restaurant evenings

Then movies

Writing my great

Fucking novel

Just for pleasure

You know I robbed a bank?

I got away with it

Now I'm set for life

Success hasn't changed

The man that I am

Whatsoever

Friends aren't jealous

Haters don't hate

From aside

The people who know

Me they like me the same as

They used to

You know I robbed a bank?

I got away with it

Now I'm set for life

— SHAWN KILROY

Shawn Kilroy is a musician/filmmaker/writer living in Philadelphia. His new album is All Pinocchio's Men.

Photo: Rachel Wescott