Possession Lyrics

Possession lyrics

Eight to ten years for possession,
    I'm living at the state hotel.
   
I guess I learned my lesson.
    I guess I learned it well.
    The judge
says, "I got no discretion.
    The law upon that point is clear.
   
Either got to put you up at state expense
    Or let you walk away from
here.
    "I see you got a prior conviction.
    That just about ties my
hands.
    They took away my power of decision.
    I've got to honor
what the law commands.
    "You were indicted for conspiracy
    to
obstruct the right of way."
    The plea was civil liberty,
    But it
wasn't a judge that day.
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    Possession, nine points of the
law they say
    Possession, take that boy and salt him away.
   
Possession, teach him how to obey.
    They'd rather let a killer walk the
street,
    Than another damn freak like me.
    Got a wife and kid on
the way.
    I've never had a nose for crime.
    Someone passed me a
joint one day,
    And now I'm doing federal time.
    Got a letter from
wife that read,
    "I just met another man.
    It ain't that I don't
love you, it said.
    "I hope you understand."
    Guess my luck ain't
all that bad,
    Smiling through my tears.
    Seems that the D.A. knew
my dad
    Or I might have got 20 years.
    Killer comes and a killer
walks,
    While I sit rotting here.
    The scene of the crime is the
ballot box,
    And people who vote from fear.
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chorus
    Possession, nine points of the law they say
    Possession,
take that boy and lock him away
    Possession, I've come to understand
 
  They'd rather free a man with some blood on his hands,
    Than another
damn freak like me.