Cuyahoga Canal Lyrics

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.

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.