Don`t do the crime

If you can`t do the time

It`s said that it just don`t pay.

But what good`s working hard

When all they give you is your cards

And you know there`s not much you can say.



So you take what they give

You`ve no money to live

And your family don`t understand.

After all these years

They will end up in tears

With a mountain of bills in their hands.



(chorus)



Now your lesson is learned

There`s nowhere to turn

And it`s no use pleading for help.

When you`re left on the heap

When you`re left on the heap

There is nothing to keep you

From going and helping yourself

From going and helping yourself.



The dilemma you`ve found

Is you`re morally bound

Now your morally bound

Now your moral code needs a review

So what do you care

You know life isn`t fair

And for years they`ve been stealing from you.