I know my way
with a colt of steel
And now I'm here
I've made my choice
Nobody's gonna take
my phone call, no
Nobody wants to hear my voice
By night I dream
of the open prairie
By day I work
a-breakin' stones
But if I'm here
or livin' freely, well
I know I'm in this world alone
So I sing, hey, hey, hey
I could not stand
the wrong he done me
And all my rage
has brought me shame
Now all the world
is a-two souls poorer
Though everybody knows
just who to blame
So I sing, hey, hey, hey
Justice has tipped
tipped her scale
Gonna live out my life
in the Cave Creek Jail
Live out my life
in the Cave Creek Jail
Soon I'll be hard
and gray as flintrock
Smooth and cold
without a spark
But in my heart
there's still an ember
Smolderin' slowly in the dark