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[Verse 1]
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I've got a sad sad story friends that I don't like to tell
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I had a home and family when they locked me in this cell
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I've been in here 18 years, that's a long time I know
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But time don't mean a thing to me cause I've got life to go
[Verse 2]
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I went one night where the lights were bright, to see what I could see
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I met up with an old friend there who thought the world of me
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He bought me drinks and he took me to every honky tonk in town
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But words were said and now he's dead, I just had to bring him down
[Verse 3]
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It has been a long time now since I've heard from my wife
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I guess I'd be there with her yet if I hadn't used the knife
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I bet that little girl of mine don't realize or know
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Her daddy's been here 18 years and he's still got life to go
[Verse 4]
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I bet there's not one man outside that's spent this long in jail
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I'll be here in this prison till my body is just a shell
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I can't be free to go and see the ones that I love so
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Yes, I've been in here 18 years and I've still got life to go
G D
Yes, I've still got life to go
G D
Yes, I've still got life to go
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Yes, I've still got life to go
