*SHU: Special Housing Unit

Get used to it
You’re livin’ in the SHU*

Let’s establish some rules
Until you get your next review

In solitary ’round the clock
Enjoy the shielded view

Your hands cuffed behind you
They may turn black and blue

Whether sick or not
Forget seeing the doc
For a stroke or the flu

You’ll be with the violent
The vulgar and insane
So you’d better get a clue

You’ll be strip searched naked
Every time you leave your cell
Just makin’ sure you knew

Better check your hearing
The dissonance is deafening
Fire alarms are always on
It’s like being in a zoo

There’ll be no religious observation
For your congregation
Whether Muslim, Christian, or Jew

You may get one hour
Of recreation every day
Enjoy it while you may
Because that’s discretionary too

Visits have their rules
See family through the glass
But friends can never pass
Whether old or new

One 15-minute call per month
Use it wisely
Or lose it promptly
And wait forever in the queue

And by the way
No library today
Even if you pay
The charges that are due

You’ll have no hot water, no tea, or soup,
No pens, or pads, or watch to tell the time
Though we do not know your crime
Here your rights are through

It’s all about misbehavior
And enforcing strict control
Take heed of the wrath of prison patrol
If you get our cue

You have not been convicted
But that’s none of our concern
Here’s a place you’ve earned
Lady Liberty is ours to screw

This is about security, you bastard
And if you don’t like it
Call your lawyer and your accountant
We dare you to sue