When you commit unforgivable crimes
There is a house in which to hide
At this house, there are guns inside
If you begin to starve, I will feed you well
If you cannot read, I will gladly help
If you need some sleep, you can rest a spell

But there's no swimming in the old canal, in those polluted waters where the best of men drown;
There's no swimming in the Cuyahoga Canal

If you build a boat, you can sail up north
You may find freedom past the Canadian border
But your presence here is unwelcome, in the name of law and order