Prisoner’s Lament
By Larry Mofle © 2003
7/3/03


           C
This ain’t no way to be livin’, baby
F                              C
Stuck here in this little 8 by 10
          C
And every time I close my eyes
        F                        C
I can’t help but seeing you with him
            C
I guess the lust I saw in your eyes
      C7                      F    Fm
Drove me to a place I’d never been
        C
With 40 years and no chance for parole
  G                               C
I knew I’d end up paying for your sins


             D
Finding that little rundown motel
          G                       D
Where you met wasn’t very hard at all
          D                              G
It wasn’t near as hard as seeing you and him
                    D
Pressed against the wall
           D
Then every sane thought I had ever thought
     D7                      G    Gm
Went rushing from my jealous mind
          D      
I guess I found a way to keep you, honey
A                           D  
But I end up paying with my life


        E   
The sad part is this didn’t have to happen
A                              E   
But you couldn’t help being so crass
                E 
You should have never, ever cheated
     A                              E
On a man who was there to kiss your ass 
            E
And I guess no one on the jury 
     E7                               A     Am
Ever had someone who tore their world apart
           E
Don’t know why they call this justice
         B7                                E
Cause it sure as hell don’t heal my broken heart


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This ain't no way to be livin' baby
A                           E
Stuck here in this little 8X10