Jim Croce: Stone Walls

Jim Croce Stone Walls

"It's been too many years inside this prison,
too many years just for one little fight,
he got what was comin'
and I think I served enough time
I'm goin' home tonight.

That stone looks mighty cold
and the guard that walks that wall
is just waitin' to get a convict in his sights
but if I can clear the top
you can bet I'll never stop
cause I'm goin' home tonight.

Because stone walls do a prison
make iron bars a cage,
any man who says they don't
never been inside
cause in time the bars get closer
and at night the walls grow tighter.
Do you feel like there's a shackle around your mind?

Now those guards are on my tail
I can hear those sirens wail
but I know that I'll get away and that I'll be alright
cause I'd rather live on the run,
stand free in the morning sun
then to spend another lonely prison night".