I was high and dry like the Kansas sky
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If I ached for any more I knew I'd surely die
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Night after night trying to get out of my skin
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Day after lonely day
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You'd send me back again
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I have stood inside this prison
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I have touched its stony walls
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I know before you try to run
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You gotta learn to crawl
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I tried to leave it all behind me
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I drove all night just to drive all day
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But the walls of this prison still surround me
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And I can't break away
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I held you so close I thought my soul would break
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But you were just a ghost
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The holiest mistake
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I will not be a judge or the one to set you free
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I'll just keep on drivin'
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And time's a friend to me
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I have stood inside this prison
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I have touched its stony walls
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I know before you try to run
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You gotta learn to crawl
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I tried to leave it all behind me
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I drove all night I drove all day
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But the walls of this prison still surround me
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And I can't break away
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The sentence has been read everything is done
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I wish I could say goodbye to you
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Wish I could hold the sun
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My eyes are dull and burnt
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And they lie to me sometimes
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Cause I thought I saw you cryin'
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I have stood inside this prison
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I have touched its stony walls
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I know before you try to run
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You gotta learn to crawl
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I tried to leave it all behind me
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In my dreams somehow I got away
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But the walls of this prison still surround me
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And I can't break away
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The Prison
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| Melissa Etheridge |
