Ben In The Pen

verse 1 They call me Ben here in the pen Where ya take the guff and ya suffer But I'll be free when I'm 53 And I bet I'll be a whole lot tougher, I'll bet I'll be a whole lot tougher When I was a lad I was really bad It wasn't smart to be good I beat up my dog, choked my frog I acted just as mean as I could I hit all the girls and put gum in her curls Cause I liked to hear 'em cry and plea I'd punch a little boys and steal all their toys Cause I knew they wern't smarter than me Yeh, They call me Ben here in the pen Where ya take the guff and ya suffer But I'll be free when I'm 53 And I bet I'll be a whole lot tougher, I'll bet I'll be a whole lot tougher verse 2 When I was 16 I was really mean I could scrap at the toss of a coin I was leader of a gang, Rough 'Rangitangs Ya had to be a good theif to join Yeah we had the black jackets and the motorbikes And we forced all the girls to... Skip school And the cops they'd all tried to sympathize An' we told them how our parents were so cruel Yeh, They call me Ben here in the pen Where ya take the guff and ya suffer But I'll be free when I'm 53 And I bet I'll be a lot tougher, I'll bet I'll be a lot tougher verse 3 When I turned 21 I had to have a gun Cause I planned me a robbery one day And the girlfriend said that she'd rather be dead Than to hang around with a guy like me Well I granted her wish and dumped her in with the fish Then I went to meet Frank Yeah, that's the same day that I shot and killed me the cop He didn't want to let me into the bank Yeh, They call me Ben here in the pen Where ya take the guff and ya suffer But I'll be free when I'm 53 And I bet I'll be a whole lot tougher, I hope I'll be a whole lot tougher Ah, what's the use I guess I'm not a very good bluffer Aah, back to that hammer man.