The Lesson

by

Faye Hoffman

The day I went to prison,
for something I had to do.
The Judge yelled out hard labor.
What I heard could not be true.

I guess two years don't seem like much,
when it's not you behind this wall.
All I had to have was money,
and the Judge would have made a different call.

Got a letter from my sister.
Did you learn your lesson,Faye?
As I tore into the paper,
that's when I walked away.

I know what you're going to tell me.
You think I haven't heard it all before?
I want you to tell me the reason,
go ahead and tell me what for.

I went down to St. Gabriel,
and when I walked out of that door.
You can bet I learned a lesson,
but not the one I went down for.

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