you can't do a thing

You can't do a thing

Once you are in jail

Your every movement is monitored

You have no more rights to say

The walls will close in

The grilled bars will see it

You walk in with head low

You know you have lost the game

In time you may recoup your dignity

You will accept your fate and mix in

Get the best of your time learning again

Why people still go to prison?

Nobody can escape from a crime

You can hide and disappear

In time the crime will catch up with you

You will still have to serve time

Do not believe you are protected

The long arm of the law will reach in

Once it does nobody can stop the law

It has to let justice take its course

History will tell us

Why empires fall?

Why kings and emperors died?

The unpopular taxes and inhumanity

You can hide for a while

While your protector holds the power

Once the power is gone

The hunting season will begin

You can't do a thing

The search party will begin

You can run and hide

But the long arm of the law will catch you