Don't Throw Your Life Away Lyrics

The first time that he stole it was just a piece of candy

The next time took a bill from the wallet of his daddy

Then he and a friend broke into a house on the weekend

Before long hit a store now he's looking for a big score

When he was a boy his daddy said don't be a thief

Take my advice one day you're gonna pay don't throw your life away

Got a gun copped a gem started bragging to his friends

Wasn't long it went wrong and it was over like a pop song

The judge said needs a lesson put him in the house of detention

Give him time to reconsider a life of crime for something better

When he was a boy his daddy said don't be a thief

Take my advice one day you're gonna pay don't throw your life away

When he was a boy his daddy said don't be a thief

Take my advice one day you're gonna pay don't throw your life away

Went to visit a man in prison he was doing time for nicking

At twenty-five he got busted now he's never going to be trusted

He was talking I was listening trying hard to be a good friend

An hour later when it was over we said goodbye and he told me

When I was a boy my daddy said don't be a thief

Take my advice one day you're gonna pay don't throw your life away