30 Years to Life

So the story goes

This is a tale that must be told

For what could be your destiny

You never know

I never meant to be here

I never even tried

But I tell you now

when you're lost and down

You'll come to trouble in time

It was a cold December

I wept day and night

In a steel-toed rage,

made a big mistake

Now I'll be doing time

I was running with the order

I was running out of time

Now for me there is no quarter

I don't wanna be here

I don't wanna die

Serving 30 years to life

What I did, I can't deny

Now the sorrow in my heart

will never fade

I remember it so well

The night I sent that boy to Hell

Lord,

I'm sorry for the error of my ways

They sent me on a mission

Out to earn my stripes

Should've known damn well

when the kerbstone fell

Things would never be right

I was running with the order

I was running out of time

Now for me there is no quarter

I don't wanna be here

I'm really not surprised

Serving 30 years to life

What I did, I can't deny

Now the sorrow in my heart

will never fade

I remember it so well

The night I sent that boy to Hell

Lord,

I'm sorry for the error of my ways

'Cause now I know, now I know

I was wrong and I can't let this go

I know, now I know

I am sorry, what a wretched soul

Oh, what a big mistake

Now I'm growing old

18 years with more to go

I waste away in this cage

I'm all alone

That's how the story goes

This is a tale that must be told

For what could be your destiny

You never know

'Cause when you're running

with the order

You're only running out of time

Now for me there is no quarter

I didn't wanna be here

I don't wanna die

Serving 30 years to life

What I did, I can't deny

Now the sorrow in my heart

will never fade

Well I know it well

But it's too late to save myself

Lord, I'm sorry

for the error of my ways

So the story goes

This is a tale that must be told

For the sorrow in my heart

will never fade

So the story goes

This is a tale that must be told

Yes, I'm sorry for the error

of my ways