Weekender

I went down to the county jail

And turned myself in

Spending all my weekends here

Far from my good-timing friends

Things just went from bad to worse

But I don't know when

The only thing I know for sure

Is I ain't going back again

They took me down to cellblock B

After stripping off my clothes

Put me in a monkey suit

And threw me in the throes

Like a rat in a maze

A cow in the herd

Or a sparrow with a broken wing

Now I know the reason why

The caged bird has to sing

Cause I'm just a weekender

In the Davidson County Jail

And my old man, he ain't got the cash

To even go my bail

Should have listened to my mama

And quit my life of sin

Before I went backsliding again

This bed is hard and the room is cold

And my cellmate's got a cough

She takes her meds and sleeps all day

Got six more weeks til she's off

She said she beat her boyfriend up

While high on crack *******

And now she sits and watches

Her life go down the drain

Cause she's just a weekender

In the Davidson County Jail

Her old man ain't got the cash

To even go her bail

She should have listened to her mama

And quit her life of sin

Before she went backsliding again

Walk into some other room

They tried to make me eat

Red-dyed gravy, cardboard bread

And something that looked like meat

One tough girl from cellblock C

Picked a fight with the man at the desk

Mighty soon was sent back to her room

And I bet you know the rest

Cause we're all just weekenders

In the Davidson County Jail

My old man ain't got the cash

To even call my bail

Should have listened to the good Lord

Maybe quit my life of sin

Before I went backsliding again

Before I went backsliding again