The Big House

(album: Red Cab To Manhattan - 1980)

He'd been young
And abused
But all he felt
Was amused

Here in the big house
You give before you take
It's just another mistake
That you make

Cellmate Rudy
Came from Japan
Where they taught him
How to kill with his hands

Now he's in the big house
'Cause he found his girl
With her johnny cake
It's just another mistake
That you make

No mistake
Christmas comes just one time a year
That's the breaks
And you know why

Let me out
And I will be your basic citizen
Set me free
You'll know where to find me
You'll know where to find me

He sits alone in his cell
With his two parakeets
Named 'em "Amos and Andy"
Ain't that sweet?

You wind up in the big house
If you got what it takes
To make another mistake

It's just another mistake
It's just another mistake