Redgum - Stewie lyrics

Ward 8 at the Q.E., somewhere down Woodville A smoky grey Thursday - take out your sword Stewie was born, there was blood on the sheets The doctor was drunk and the sister was bored Home was a weatherboard housing trust unit A low cyclone fence and a sparse gravel drive Dad was a truckie from Adelaide to Melbourne Two trips a week just to keep them alive The first sentence for Stewie was going to school In prison-grey trousers he marched in the yard His mum shed a tear at his vaselined pushback Clutching a ruler, his name on a card "Step forward Stewart Bedson," the headmaster said It seemed like Stewie was always in strife "Step forward Stewart Bedson," the magistrate said "This time 10 years...next time, life" Grades 1 through 7 pa**ed pretty quickly Detention and caning and one million lines Stewie could read just enough to get by Stewie could read all the shoplifting signs There was a bond for a biro and a fine for some f*gs Another kid's bike, leading up to a car Photographs, fingerprints, juvenile courthouse A year in McNally's for going too far "Step forward Stewart Bedson," the magistrate said Over pine-panelled wood leaned the face of the law "We think you're a threat to property and justice Three years up the creek, while we make sure" A robbery in violence for retaliation For beatings and bashings at the hands of the screws Time in and time out and time and again Is this what they mean by paying your dues? Some people had plenty while others had none For the same working week it seemed year after year Worked over by coppers for tipping the scales Life wasn't meant to be easy. "Step forward Stewart Bedson," the magistrate said Over pine-panelled wood leaned the face of the law "We think you're a threat to property and justice Three years up the creek, while we make sure" Ward 8 at the Q.E., somewhere down Woodville A smoky grey Thursday - take out your sword Stewie was born, there was blood on the sheets The doctor was drunk and the sister was bored