Son of a Prison Guard

There was a mountain on the table of bills that needed pay
Dishes in the kitchen sink like dreams that never fade
A wild imagination of convicts in the yard
Never enough time to make ends meet
So they put it on a credit card
Don't we all?

You may not know just where you came from, but once upon a time
There was a carpenter, a bartender, a broken fishing line
Just south of royalty in the town that I came from
There were architects and astronauts
But the only one she loved was a prison guard

And that's the only time I ever saw true love

America's a girl I liked from Georgia
London kept me warm up in Eugene
I guess my mother, bless her heart
Set the bar too high to start
What's fine enough for me is just too hard
The son of a prison guard

There's a gate that needed painting, clothes that needed clean
They'd say there's time enough for that when the fun has all been seen
'Cause when we're laying on our deathbed, a promise we won't say
Wish we would have worked more, baby
Instead of loving you that way, no way

And that's the only time I ever saw true love

Sedona is a girl I met in Brooklyn
Paris got me close in New Orleans
I guess my mother, bless her heart
Set the bar too high to start
What's fine enough for me is just too hard
The son of a prison guard

I go wherever you are, whoever you are
I go wherever you are, whoever you are
I go wherever you are, whoever you are
I go wherever you are

Serenity is a girl I knew in Charlotte
Jordan left for Sydney yesterday
I guess my mother, bless her heart
Set the bar too high to start
What's fine enough for me is just too hard
The son of a prison guard

Whoever you are