The Last Thing I Wanna Do (Is Go Back to Prison)

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The Last Thing I Wanna Do (Is Go Back to Prison) ©2024 Robert George


I was in the front yard
Buildin’ a soap box car with my old man
Two guys with badges pulled up in a tan sedan
They asked my dad some questions but his alibi was airtight
He was nowhere near the docks on Friday night

He spoke politely, shook their hands n said, “Listen,

That life had a hold on me
But now I’m fin’lly free
A clean life has just begun,
I’m gettin' to know my son
And a new dawn has risen
So, I’ll be straight with you
The last thing I wanna do
Is go back to prison”

I was on my porch swing sippin’ seltzer water
Readin’ my old Scofield King James
Two guys pulled up in a junker
And my liver still recalled their names
They invited me to a party
Said they hadn’t seen me in months
They’d heard I’d changed
But it wouldn’t hurt to let loose just once

I shook my head, held my Bible up and said, “Listen

Whiskey had a hold on me
But now I’m fin’lly free
The real life’s just begun,
I’m gettin’ to know the Son
And how He has risen
So, I’ll be straight with you
The last thing I wanna do,
The last thing I wanna do
Is go back to prison”

And there’s no worse cell
Than doin’ time in hell

Cos Sin once had a hold on me,
But now I’m fin’lly free
The real life’s just begun,
I’m gettin’ to know the Son
And how He has risen
So, I’ll be straight with you
The last thing I wanna do,
The last thing I wanna do
Is go back to prison”

Yes, Sin once had a hold on me
But thanks to Him, I’m fin’lly free
I’m fin’lly free…