Things have finally caught up with me
Another dead-end road
Life's great disappointment
Starts to unfold
For many years I have lived
And done it my own way
Nothing left but to look on better days
The job of the working man
Never gets done
It's hard to get ahead and be someone
So, I did what I thought was right
Even though I knew it was wrong
Playing by the numbers get along
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And I've got nowhere to run
Nowhere to go
Running by myself, I'm all alone
I've got nowhere to run
Baby, nowhere to go
Don't know where I'm going to
And I'm far from home
Poor, broke, my own thing are well
And I live comfortably
Pay my bills and fed my family
But now I got caught
And I have to pay my dues
Wearing the county prison blues
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Coming down before the judge
They slapped me with 10 years
I did what I could to hold back the tears
I thought of all the things
That I'd have to leave behind
My family, my friends and what was mine
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