Testimony of a Dying Lady Lyrics

Your honor sir, I'm dying, that's the reason that I'm here
The cancer's got my body, I'll be dead within a year
I'll be dead within a year
Tell me more good lady, don't leave out a single word
For I'll come to my decision from the testimony heard
From the testimony heard
My husband passed away no more than a year ago
But every penny that he left me to the banker we did owe
To the banker we did owe
When I first was feelin' ill, they said I'd be okay
But they'd need to run some tests and take a simple X-ray
Just a simple X-ray
Again and again they called me, for more tests they'd need to run
And to exterminate the cancer with their radiation gun
With their radiation gun
But I never got no better as I'm standing here today
And they left me with this statement that I can't afford to pay
That I can't afford to pay
Well what about your jewellery and your lovely house and home?
Could you not have made a sacrifice, to step down from your throne?
To step down from your throne
Sir, I never had the fancy things that you and yours have known
And we never owned the shackled house I used to call my home
I used to call my home
Well I'm sorry for your trouble, and I'm sorry that you're ill
But it's my duty to uphold the law, an' uphold the law I will
Uphold the law I will
For your failure to meet the judgement of this court and pay the fee
I sentence you to twelve months in the penitentiary
In the penitentiary
In this system of justice, of opportunity, and grief
It's one thing to make a living, another to be a thief
Another to be a thief