dont like what they do, lock them away   dont like what they say, lock them away      does your child display the seven warning signs? lock them away   they're not quite what you had in mind, lock them away      we've got drugs and therapy,   we will fix them for a fee   erasing the mistake, lock them away      three strikes and youre out, lock them away   they're guilty beyond doubt, lock them away      ignore the poor, build more jails,   dont ask where their system fails,   erasing the mistake, lock em away      dont want to see them, wont take their calls   reduce them to a numbered room   like they were never there at all      the old, the sick and lame, lock them away   we ought to be ashamed the way we lock them away      just you wait, we've got a place   when you no longer pull your weight   erasing the mistake   erasing the mistake   lock 'em away