G I was wise, went downwind AM I hid all the evidence C but then I saw you walking slowly down the stairs with your friends EM D soon the dogs caught the smell and the detective found prints G so I kicked, and I fought AM did all I could just to resist C my dirty face on the ground a heavy knee in my back EM D C and I'm heading downtown with handcuffs tight around my wrists EM I was home free, and headed south C I'd buy an island and relax AM now I'm, locked up, and staring out C through metal bars at what I had EM it was airplanes and dirty vans C and a confession to fog the air AM now your, hooked up with an old friend C EM all I have this paper a pen and all these D C really good reasons to swear G I'd erase, start again AM I see it clearly inside my head C It would have worked under a different set of circumstances EM D but my life's not a movie, I can never again G live a day, in the past AM When we walked nowhere are 4 am C I let my hand hang beside me hoping you'd get the hint EM D But you didn't that night and now you're so happy with him AM I'm holding onto this spoon C And I'm scratching at the cement EM When the guard's not paying attention D C I will tunnel through dirt and rock and under barbed wire fence EM D C And I will find my freedom EM D C G in the sunlight, my freedom