Etheridge Melissa The Prison Lyrics

The Prison Lyrics

I was high and dry like the Kansas sky

 If I ached for any more I knew I'd surely die

 Night after night trying to get out of my skin

 Day after lonely day

 You'd send me back again

 

 I have stood inside this prison

 I have touched its stony walls

 I know before you try to run

 You gotta learn to crawl

 I tried to leave it all behind me

 I drove all night just to drive all day

 But the walls of this prison still surround me

 And I can't break away

 

 I held you so close I thought my soul would break

 But you were just a ghost

 The holiest mistake

 I will not be a judge or the one to set you free

 I'll just keep on drivin'

 And time's a friend to me

 

 I have stood inside this prison

 I have touched its stony walls 

 I know before you try to run

 You gotta learn to crawl

 I tried to leave it all behind me

 I drove all night I drove all day

 But the walls of this prison still surround me

 And I can't break away

 

 The sentence has been read everything is done

 I wish I could say goodbye to you

 Wish I could hold the sun

 My eyes are dull and burnt

 And they lie to me sometimes

 Cause I thought I saw you cryin'

 

 I have stood inside this prison

 I have touched its stony walls

 I know before you try to run

 You gotta learn to crawl

 I tried to leave it all behind me

 In my dreams somehow I got away

 But the walls of this prison still surround me

 And I can't break away