Prison Bound - Live 1990

This song's about growing up fast
Payin' the consequences of a sometimes consumed lifestyle
This song's called Prison Bound
One, two, three, four!

Well, I'm goin' to a place where the tough guys go
Come out even tougher
A place where a man don't show his feelings
A place where a man don't cry

They say I'm being punished and they say I can be reformed
But some day I'll return
They really think that this time it would work
You knew all along it wouldn't

Oh, I'm prison bound
I did a crime for 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, any other way
Any other way

Well, they take away my freedom of expression or action
And Johnny says I walked the line
With three hots and a cot 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 pimp's heart
But I gotta do my time
There's a lesson to be learned here
But what a price to pay
You know I may never learn

Oh, I'm prison bound
I did a crime one too many time
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, any other way
Any other way

Oh, I'm prison bound
I did a crime for 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, any other way
Any other way

Any other way