Am Dm All of the prisoners serving life sentences Am Dm E Wait for the earth to suddenly shake F E For the walls to somehow suddenly come crumbling, tumbling and Dm E For the bars to somehow magically break Am Aw, There's nothing wrong with them Dm That a thousand bucks can't fix Am Dm E That a thousand arms can't hold down F E In the ground they're tattooing the stones with Dm E Cusses like cavemen - your momma was here F C But they want to run through the air with no barriers or obstacles F C Gunmen or guard dogs or priests F C And to rise from the mud and start over and over F D7 E With the people all dead Uh uh uh uh uh uh uh Am E If Hans Christian Andersen could've had his way with me Am E Then none of this shit would have ever gone down F E In my cell I'm tattooing myself with C E Mermaids and swallows and though I do swallow Dm G My mama thinks I'm grown but I'm really just little Am Dm F E And someday I will remember Am Dm F E And someday I will remember Am Dm F E And someday I will remember