If You Ever Catch a Thief

Far away across the ocean
There's a man behind a screen
He sells roses with devotion
Making money off my dreams

Giving in to his charmed power
I bought his flowers with my bills
But when they came they were all dead
I lost my money and was misled

So if you ever catch a thief
Show him that you've got belief
Light a match
Pull his teeth

I struck him with a mighty stroke
Like a storm upon an oak
If he'd avoid this one charge
I would have suffered by and large

So if you ever catch a thief
Show him that you've got belief
Light a match
Pull his teeth

Now I know I can't correct all wrong
Cuz that's too much for just one song
But when I came across that scam
I just had to give a damn

A shudder of anguish ate his soul
As he was arrested, put in a hole
Now he'll have to return my bills
Well that's just God's will

So if you ever catch a thief
Show him that you've got belief
Light a match
Pull his teeth