Son of a Prison Guard

[Verse 1]

There was a mountain on the table of bills that needed pay

Dishes in the kitchen sink, like dreams that never fade

A wild imagination, convicts in the yard

Never enough time to make ends meet

So they put it on a credit card, don't we all?

[Verse 2]

You may not know just where you came from but once upon a time

There was a carpenter, a bartender, a broken fishing line

Just south of royalty in the town that I came from

There were architects and astronauts

But the only one she loved was a prison guard

[Refrain]

And that's the only time I ever saw true love

[Chorus 1]

America's a girl I liked in Georgia

London kept me warm up in Eugene

I guess my mother bless her heart

Set the bar too high to start

Cause finding love for me is just too hard

For a son of a prison guard

[Verse 3]

There's a gate that needed painting, clothes that needed clean

They'd say there's time enough for that when the fun has all been seen

Cause when we're laying on our death bed, a promise we won't say

Wish we would have worked more, baby

Instead of loving you that way, no way

[Refrain]

[Chorus 2]

Sedona is a girl I met in Brooklyn

Paris got me close in New Orleans

I guess my mother bless her heart

Set the bar too high to start

Cause finding love for me is just too hard

For a son of a prison guard

[Bridge]

I go wherever you are, whoever you are

I go wherever you are, whoever you are

I go wherever you are, whoever you are

I go wherever you are

[Chorus 3]

Betty is a girl I knew in Charlotte

Jordan left for Sydney yesterday

I guess my mother bless her heart

Set the bar too high to start

Cause finding love for me is just too hard

For a son of a prison guard