Standard (EADGBE)

Ten years in jail was the sentence that they handed down

I didn't like the odds that I would last that long

They turned their backs and I was gone gone gone

Just turned 18 and I'm lookin at some real hard time

Now I'm seeing things in my rearview mirror

Now it's just me and these white lines

Chorus

Lord only knows where I'm goin

Can't remember the places I've been

Tell me if I'll ever make it home again whoa-o home again

Apart from these troubles mother's all I leave behind

Says I remind her of my father but hell if I know

He left town when I was 3 years old

She did the best she could I can't help but feel I'm doin her wrong

She'll be much better off now that I'm gone

I don't much feel like hangin around

Chorus

I can't believe how bright the stars are shinin'

And I can't recall the last time I looked into the sky

And it seems to me if I can make it cross the county line

Maybe my life will turn out fine

Ten years in jail was the sentence that they handed down