Verse 1:
D        G
Swaying, it's a hard decision am I gonna leave this prison
G                                                           D
If they tell me one more time to get in line, I'm gonna breakaway
D           G
But I'm sure that every single prison guard that walks around this prison yard
G                                                         D                      D
Is gonna have a shot at me if he sees me running for the gate

Verse 2:
G
I'd be better off dead, full of lead, rather than delay one more day
                                                   D
Letting my mind and my body rot away in this awful place
G
I'd be floating way up so high looking down

At all my buddies saying, “You chumps, you suckers
                                        D
I hope one day you can find the guts to escape”

Verse 3:
D                     G
Well, you might say, “How come you so sure heaven's where you're going?
                                                     D
You ain't exactly been showin' the ways of an angel, glory bound”
         G
I must admit you got a point, but I got a feeling the ceiling ain't so far
                                                   D
And Yahweh just may want a couple words with yours truly

Verse 4:
           A                                                   G
So I'll be walking right up to those big pearly gates, saying, “Hey Saint Peter, ol' Buddy, ol' pal
D
How's the family, how's work, how's the kids?

What do you say, how's about crackin' those gates?
              A                                           D
And lettin' a fine upstanding fellow like myself join the club?”

Verse 5:
D                 G
And he might say, “Ah, Mr. Avett you can save it, I ain't gonna be buying any of that lyin’, jive, hustlin'

Boldfaced, fake conman nonsense that you used to get by with
              D
Down there on Earth

Verse 6:
D                       G
And I'll say, “Come on, surely you and God of all people ought to know

I was innocent of those crimes, I told you so

Every night by myself in that cell
                                   D
Surrounded by nothing but grey and quiet”

Outro:
D              G
Well dear God, maybe I should just be talking straight to you
                                               D
The truth is I lost my way somewhere along the way
G
And if you got a minute would you spend it with a sinner?
                                            D
Just long enough to give me some directions home
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