Gowan - A Criminal Mind

When this video first came out it was part of the Batman Musical that I thought up in college. I had a whole list of song for each scene and mood. This was the one when they finally caught the Joker and brought him to the justice of the world. This classic by Canadian musician, Gowan would be one the Joker would sing in court while chained in front of the judge, the full World Court of Justice and surrounded by SWAT team members. In the old rafters is Batman watching everything while his 'kids' are partrolling outside for any surprises. Of course the Joker has a plan to kill everyone in the courtroom something he planned for decades, something that Batman discovers at the last last minute and rushes to rescue everyone as the Joker is already out of his chains and making his slow escape from courtroom while Joker gas kills everyone in the building. He laughs and sings as he is walks slowly down the aisle and kills many who are already dying around him in a flurry of death but then stops. To look down at a also Dead Batman face down. He laughs then sees the needle japped into Batman's leg and realizes to late that the Bat got the antidote into himself just in time and now he is pissed with the Joker right in front of him.

You see my hands are steady
You've seen my face before
Soon you can take your last look
And they'll close the door
I stand accused before you
I have no tears to cry
And you will never break me
Till the day I die

A criminal mind is all I
All I've ever known
They tried to reform me
But I'm made of cold stone
My criminal mind is all I
All I've ever had
Ask one who's known me
If I'm really so bad
I am

I've spent my life behind these steel bars
I've paid my debt in time
But being brought to justice
That was my only crime
I don't regret a single action
I'd do the same again
These prison walls secure me
And I'm numb to pain

A criminal mind is all I
All I've ever known
They tried to reform me
But I'm made of cold stone
My criminal mind is all I
All I've ever had
Ask one who's known me
If I'm really so bad
I am

Before you hand me over
Before you read my sentence
I'd like to say a few words
Here in my own defense
Some people struggle daily
They struggle with their conscience till the end
I have no guilt to haunt me
I feel no wrong intent

A criminal mind is all I
All I've ever known
Don't try to reform me
'Cause I'm made of cold stone
My criminal mind is all I
All I've ever had
Ask one who's known me
If I'm really so bad
I am



He joined Styx in 1999 which is such a perfect fit. He can hold his own with Denis DeYoung any damn day of the week.