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