Stompin' Tom Connors - Ben in the pen

^CThey call me Ben ^Fhere in the pen ^CWhere ya take the guff and ya ^Gsuffer But ^CI'll be free when I'm ^F53 And I ^Gbet I'll be a whole lot ^Ctougher, I'll ^Gbet I'll be a whole lot ^Ctougher

^CWhen I was a lad I was ^Freally bad It ^Cwasn't smart to be ^Ggood ^CI beat up my dog, ^Fchoked my frog I ^Gacted just as mean as I ^Ccould

I ^Chit all the girls and put ^Fgum in her curls ^CCause I liked to hear 'em cry and ^Gplea I'd ^Cpunch a little boys and ^Fsteal all their toys ^CCause I knew they wern't smarter than ^Cme

Yeh, ^CThey call me Ben ^Fhere in the pen ^CWhere ya take the guff and ya ^Gsuffer But ^CI'll be free when I'm ^F53 And I ^Gbet I'll be a whole lot ^Ctougher, I'll ^Gbet I'll be a whole lot ^Ctougher

^CWhen I was 16 I was ^Freally mean ^CI could scrap at the toss of a ^Gcoin ^CI was leader of a gang, ^FRough 'Rangitangs Ya ^Ghad to be a good theif to ^Cjoin

^CYeah we had the black jackets and the ^Fmotorbikes And ^Cwe forced all the girls to... Skip ^Gschool ^CAnd the cops they'd all tried ^Fto sympathize An' ^Gwe told them how our parents were so ^Ccruel

^CYeh, They call me Ben ^Fhere in the pen Where ya ^Ctake the guff and ya ^Gsuffer But ^CI'll be free when I'm ^F53 And I ^Gbet I'll be a lot ^Ctougher, I'll ^Gbet I'll be a lot ^Ctougher

^CWhen I turned 21 I ^Fhad to have a gun Cause I ^Cplanned me a robbery one ^Gday And the ^Cgirlfriend said that she'd ^Frather be dead Than to ^Ghang around with a guy like ^Cme

^CWell I granted her wish and dumped her ^Fin with the fish ^CThen I went to meet ^GFrank Yeah, ^Cthat's the same day that I shot and ^Fkilled me the cop He ^Gdidn't want to let me into the ^Cbank

^CYeh, They call me Ben ^Fhere in the pen Where ya ^Ctake the guff and ya ^Gsuffer But ^CI'll be free when I'm ^F53 And I ^Gbet I'll be a whole lot ^Ctougher, I ^Ghope I'll be a whole lot ^Ctougher

I ^Gguess I'm not a very good bluffer Aah, back to that hammer man.