Standard (EADGBE)

Ten years in jail was the sentence that they handed down

 I didn't like the odds that I would last that long

 They turned their backs and I was gone gone gone

 Just turned 18 and I'm lookin at some real hard time

 Now I'm seeing things in my rearview mirror

 Now it's just me and these white lines

Chorus

 Lord only knows where I'm goin

 Can't remember the places I've been

 Tell me if I'll ever make it home again whoa-o home again

Apart from these troubles mother's all I leave behind

Says I remind her of my father but hell if I know

He left town when I was 3 years old

She did the best she could I can't help but feel I'm doin her wrong

She'll be much better off now that I'm gone

I don't much feel like hangin around

Chorus

 I can't believe how bright the stars are shinin'

 And I can't recall the last time I looked into the sky

 And it seems to me if I can make it cross the county line

 Maybe my life will turn out fine

 Ten years in jail was the sentence that they handed down