Payback



Payback is a mongrel when it comes round.
And that is what this boy will find.
His parents thinks he's such an angel,
and couldn't do wrong.
He won't be singing his footy song.
His career has ended before it begun,
and all this for a boy who couldn't do wrong.
Why didn't he talk to the Police,
why didn't he put his parents minds at peace.
He has walked away from this scott free,
but this is not how it's gonna be.
And because his lawyer said tell no-one,
he has given him a chance to do it again.
The next little girl won't get to say goodbye,
because in his hands she will die.
He did the crime he should do the time.
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Submitted on November 04, 2009

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDDEDFFGGEHIIJ
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 606
Words 125
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16

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