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Hard Work Don't Count For Anything

Hard Work Don't Count For Anything! It's plain as plain can be,

If you want a case scenario, you need only look at me.

I went to Crime Prevention, to cut down the local crime,

Thinking hard, inventing programs, working overtime.

Public lectures were the standard, consults by the score,

Against crime and lowly criminals, we were declaring war.

Ever ready for the challenge, each day I'd start anew,

To do my job as best I could, the bosses thought so too.

When Community Relations, needed someone for McGruff,

Guess who it was who volunteered, for that and other stuff?

You guessed it! I was right there. Glad to do my part,

To help another program, get the proper start.

Beyond the call of duty, I worked hard throughout the year,

Teaching local citizens, helping quell their fear.

To stretch this message further, I even faced the press,

A Crime Prevention column, got me in this mess.

I gave tips to all the people, through the Western News,

It ran for several months and received some rave reviews.

People phoned the office, with a need to get involved,

They strengthened home security, crimes were being solved.

The column then expanded, in the second week of May,

Now the whole South side, could read what I would say.

To print out all these articles, cost me more than time,

It was also costing money, to help prevent a crime.

So I earned some money, ten dollars for each one,

Not enough to pay for, supplies when I was done.

So how did they repay me, for all these extra chores?

Back on the beat, I slowly cruise, checking open doors.

So hard work don't count for nothing, I say this now for sure,

Just write up my ten tickets, I finally learned the score.

If you go out and do nothing, there's no trouble to be had,

For working hard is the way to make, half the bosses mad.

PC 664 T.J. Gowdyk 88-01-31 (47)