There was a mountain on the table Of bills that needed paid Dishes in the kitchen sink like dreams that never fade A wild imagination of convicts in the yard Never enough time to make ends meet So they put it on a credit card, don't we all? You may not know just where you came from But once upon a time There was a carpenter, a bartender, a broken fishing line Just south of royal teeth in the town that I came from There were architects and astronauts But the only one she loved was a prison guard And that's the only time I ever saw true love And erica's a girl I liked in georgia Alone and kept me warm in eugene I guess my mother bless her heart Set the bar too high to start What's fine enough to me is just too hard For a son of a prison guard There's a gate that needed painting Clothes that needed clean They'd say there's time enough For that when the fun has all been seen Cause when we're laying on our death bed A promise we won't say Wish we would have worked more, baby Instead of loving you that way, no way And that's the only time I ever saw true love Segourney is a girl I met in brooklyn Herris got me close in new orleans I guess my mother bless her heart Set the bar too high to start What's fine enough to me is just too hard For a son of a prison guard I go wherever you are, whoever you are I go wherever you are, whoever you are I go wherever you are, whoever you are I go wherever you are Betty is a girl I knew in charlotte ... Left for sydney yesterday I guess my mother bless her heart Set the bar too high to start What's fine enough to me is just too hard For a son of a prison guard Whoever you are