Although they say crime doesn’t
pay
and tell me so, and tell me so,
I choose to think another way.
For have you never thought that
they,
the barristers, have too much
dough -
although they say crime doesn’t
pay?
And have you heard a bobby say
his take-home pay is much too low?
I choose to think another way.
There’s Ronald Biggs snug tucked
away
where British law can never go -
although they say crime doesn’t
pay.
My increased premium came today;
they think my sum insured too low.
I choose to think another way.
And so for all the victims pray
and watch the unsolved crime rate
grow;
although they say crime doesn’t
pay
I choose to think another way.
(December,
1986)
