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The Prison

Melissa Etheridge

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The Prison

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I was high and dry like the Kansas skyIf I ached for any more I knew I'd surely dieNight after night trying to get out of my skinDay after lonely dayYou'd send me back againI have stood inside this prisonI have touched its stony wallsI know before you try to runYou gotta learn to crawlI tried to leave it all behind meI drove all night just to drive all dayBut the walls of this prison still surround meAnd I can't break awayI held you so close I thought my soul would breakBut you were just a ghostThe holiest mistakeI will not be a judge or the one to set you freeI'll just keep on drivin'And time's a friend to meI have stood inside this prisonI have touched its stony wallsI know before you try to runYou gotta learn to crawlI tried to leave it all behind meI drove all night I drove all dayBut the walls of this prison still surround meAnd I can't break awayThe sentence has been read everything is doneI wish I could say goodbye to youWish I could hold the sunMy eyes are dull and burntAnd they lie to me sometimesCause I thought I saw you cryin'I have stood inside this prisonI have touched its stony wallsI know before you try to runYou gotta learn to crawlI tried to leave it all behind meIn my dreams somehow I got awayBut the walls of this prison still surround meAnd I can't break away
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