Annie's Scarlet Letter

My name is Annie

I'm about your daughter's age

I'm happy with my living, earning minimum wage

Last year I had a baby,

Love him with all I got

But the bills, they became too much, so I moved a little pot

Now I'm an ex-patriot in my hometown

And I can't even vote to change the laws that put me down

I only pray that you fare better

I'll wear my marijuana leaf like a badge, it's my scarlet letter

Time goes slow here

From behind these bars

But I'm not so far away that I can't hear the cars

Driving down the freeway

Wishing one of them could give

me that short ride downtown where my little boy lives

But I'm an ex-patriot in my hometown

And I can't even vote to change the laws that put me down

I only pray that you fare better

I'll wear my marijuana leaf like a badge, it's my scarlet letter

Well, I'm an ex-patriot in my hometown

And I can't even vote to change the laws that put me down

I only pray that you fare better

I'll wear my marijuana leaf like a badge, it's my scarlet letter

Now I don't want you to feel sorry for me

And I ain't on bended knees for your sympathy

I knew it wasn't legal

but was it really so wrong

to justify locking me up here for so damn long

Well, I'm an ex-patriot in my hometown

I can't even vote to change the laws that put me down

I only pray that you fare better

I'll wear my marijuana leaf like a badge, it's my scarlet letter