Stewie -Redgum Ward eight at the QE Somewhere down Woodville A smoky Grey Thursday Take out your sword Stewie was born There was blood on the sheets Doctor was drunk And the sister was bored Home was a weatherboard housing trust unit A low cyclone fence And a sparse gravel drive Dad was a truckie from Adelaide to Melbourne Two trips a week just to keep them alive First sentence for Stewie Was going to school In prison Grey trousers He walked in the yard His mum shed a tear At his Vaselined push back Clutching a ruler his name on a card Step forward Stewart Bedson The head-master said It seemed like Stewie was always in strife Step forward Stewart Bedson The magistrate said This time ten years Next time life And grades one to seven passed pretty quickly Detention and caning and one million lines Stewie could write just enough to get by Stewie could read all the shoplifting signs There was a bond for a Biro And a fine for some fags Another kid's bike leading up to a car Photographs fingerprints Juvenile court-house A year in Mcnallys for going too far Step forward Stewart Bedson The magistrate said Over pine-panelled wood leaned The face of the law We think you're a threat to Property and justice Three years up the creek While we make sure A robbery with violence in retaliation For beatings and Bashings At the hands of the screws Time in and time out and time and again Is this what they meant by Paying your dues Some people had plenty While others had none For the same working week It seemed year after year Worked over by coppers for Tipping the scales Life wasn't meant to be easy Step forward Stewart Bedson The magistrate said Over pine-Panelled wood leaned The face of the law We think you're a threat To property and justice Three years up the creek While we make sure Ward eight at the QE Somewhere down Woodville A smoky Grey Thursday take out your sword Stewie was born There was blood on the sheets Doctor was drunk And the sister was bored