Jail Life with Jimmy Hopkins

Lyrics

[Verse] Jimmy Hopkins sat alone cold bars on his mind Robbed a bank for a thrill now he’s doing time Pizza Nova food fight was the final crime Thirty years in the cell for a dollar and a dime [Chorus] Jail life ain't easy Hopkins knows it now Dreams of freedom are just shadows in the chow Counting days on the wall with a broken vow Every click of the lock feels like a thunderous wow [Verse 2] Concrete walls kept him from the morning sun Memories of the heist with a loaded gun Friends he thought he had now they all did run In the prison yard lonely games are no fun [Chorus] Jail life ain't easy Hopkins knows it now Dreams of freedom are just shadows in the chow Counting days on the wall with a broken vow Every click of the lock feels like a thunderous wow [Bridge] Hope dims but he won't let it die In his heart he swears by and by One day he'll see the open sky But until then he's got time to rectify [Verse 3] Letters from the past tear drops on the page Regrets fill his heart locked inside the cage The price of his choices on life's grand stage Thirty years a life in a metal wage