Well, I´m goin´ to a place where the touhg guys go. And come out ven tougher. A place where a man don´t show his feelings. A place where a man don´t cry. Well they I´m being punished. And say say I can be reformed. But some day I´ll return. Did they really think that this time it will work. You knew all along it wouldn´t.
Oh, I´m prison bound. I did a crime too many times. It´s on the outskirts of town, by the railroad tracks. Where the country moon shines. Oh, I´m prison bound. Tell my girl I´ll be back one day. Oh, I´m prison bound. I may never know any other way.
Well, they take away my freedom of expression and action. Johnny says I´ll walk the line. With three hots and a cof, and a lot of talk. With lock-up, concrete and steel. Well it´s cold and it´s clammy. Man, it´s colder than a pimps heart. But I´ve gotta do my time. There´s a lesson to learned here. But what a price to pay. You know, I may never learn