Warren Mbaht Poet Ballad

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Criminal Reform

Later on one evening
I sat down to have a think
Sitting in my easy chair
With a nip of rum to drink

Try to punish criminals
So that they won't misbehave
It don't seem to be working
With TV and microwave

Not saying that we should return
To the dark days of the past
But the least that we could do
Stop them coming back so fast

When at school as just a kid
We had corporal punishment
What we did was really bad
To the headmaster we went

Tell a lie the sort of thing
Got a good six on each hand
The cane was used with vigour
and the pain was hard to stand

But when it came to next time
and the choice was there to lie
Only fools and idiots
Would give less than truth a try

So for the crime of murder
The time is so clearly set
Only released by the victim
and that hasn't happened yet

Before you say those not guilty
Must not suffer even small
Think of those that died in conflict
Many kids no life at all

100,000 died in war
No more dearly loved than they
To make Australia safe they said
Owe them homage to this day

Those killed and maimed by criminals
How guilty could they be
That's why I say lets lock them up
Then throw away the key

So let's think of humane treatment
Of the loved ones left behind
Lock up those that don't fit in
Out of sight is out of mind

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