Todd Snider - Incarcerated lyrics

My baby mother been incarcerated Otherwise she would have been here today To testify that every word I stated While it may be complicated It's still true in a way You see this woman here today I hardly even know her Okay, maybe once or twice I mighta give her a lift But she never lent me any money your honor Every penny that she gave me she said was a gift She said that it was a gift She said it was a gift My baby mother been incarcerated She had some trouble with an interstate cop Who said he saw her driving by obliterated And was further flusterated by the way she wouldn't stop So they called out all the other cops And had a high speed chase They chased my baby through the side of a tree That's when I think they might have planted marijuana in her suitcase A court appointed lawyer told us, cop a plea So we copped a plea We copped a plea My baby mother been incarcerated I never had a lot of luck with the ladies, your honor I never had a lot of luck with much of anything My baby mother want to drive a Mercedes, your honor My baby mother want to wear a bunch a diamond rings She knows dang well I cant afford these things Ah! My baby mother been incarcerated I'm kinda glad if I could tell you truth But that don't have a whole lot here to do with this matter you see This woman here today, she just don't have any proof I don't know whose voice that could be there On her telephone recorder Maybe her brother or some other friend Who is in on it too Maybe the same old friend Who came and helped her forge my signature Because that is not my signature I'm telling you the truth I am telling you the truth I'm telling you the truth My baby mother been incarcerated I understand about the verdict and everything, your honor You're just doing your job and that's alright with me Just one more thing before I leave for all my friends and my family Can you tell me when this particular episode Is gonna be on TV I'm gonna be on TV Nobody suffers like the poor people suffer.