Tom: C
(intro) C G G7 C
C
Slowly the long day turns to night,
G
and soon they'll turn out the prison lights,
but in my cell I'm making plans,
G7 C
to be with you at home again.
C G
These walls and bars can't hold a dreamin' man,
F C
so I'll be home to tuck the babies in.
C G
They can chain my body, but not my mind,
G7 C
and I'll break out again, tonight.
( C G G7 C )
C
The warden thinks I'm in for life,
G
'cause all he's ever seen me wear is stripes.
He don't know 'bout my blue suit and my tie,
G7 C
that I wear when I'm with you each night.
C G
These walls and bars can't hold a dreamin' man,
F C
so I'll be home to tuck the babies in.
C G
They can chain my body, but not my mind,
G7 C
and I'll break out again, tonight.
G G7 C
And I'll break out again, tonight.
