<span style="color:#323232;">The law locks up the man or woman
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Who steals the goose off the common
</span><span style="color:#323232;">But leaves the greater villain loose
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Who steals the common from the goose.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">The law demands that we atone
</span><span style="color:#323232;">When we take things we do not own
</span><span style="color:#323232;">But leaves the lords and ladies fine
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Who takes things that are yours and mine.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">The poor and wretched don’t escape
</span><span style="color:#323232;">If they conspire the law to break;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">This must be so but they endure
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Those who conspire to make the law.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">The law locks up the man or woman
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Who steals the goose from off the common
</span><span style="color:#323232;">And geese will still a common lack
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Till they go and steal it back.
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