There was a mountain on the table of bills that needed paid Dishes in the kitchen sink like dreams that never fade A wild imagination of convicts in the yard Never enough time to make ends meet So they put it on a credit card, don't we all?
You may not know just where you came from, but once upon a time There was a carpenter, a bartender, a broken fishing line Just south of Royal Teeth in the town that I came from There were architects and astronauts But the only one she loved was a prison guard
And that's the only time I ever saw true love
And Erica's a girl I liked in Georgia Alone and kept me warm in Eugene I guess my mother bless her heart Set the bar too high to start What's fine enough to me is just too hard For a son of a prison guard
There's a gate that needed painting, clothes that needed clean They'd say there's time enough for that when the fun has all been seen Cause when we're laying on our death bed, a promise we won't say Wish we would have worked more, baby Instead of loving you that way, no way
And that's the only time I ever saw true love
Segourney is a girl I met in Brooklyn Herris got me close in New Orleans I guess my mother bless her heart Set the bar too high to start What's fine enough to me is just too hard For a son of a prison guard
I go wherever you are, whoever you are I go wherever you are, whoever you are I go wherever you are, whoever you are I go wherever you are
Betty is a girl I knew in Charlotte ... left for Sydney yesterday I guess my mother bless her heart Set the bar too high to start What's fine enough to me is just too hard For a son of a prison guard