Prisoners (hard life, hard times)

Prisoners (hard life, hard times) Lyrics

Josie works a counter at the downtown five and dime

Anything at all to help her pass the time


Her mama keeps the baby and grandpa rambles on

About the good times playing in his mind


It's a hard life livin' when you're lonely

It's a long night sleepin' alone

It's a hard time waitin' for tomorrow

It's a long, long way home



Josie spends the evening with the people on the pages

Of the paperback she picked up at the store


Or sometimes it's the TV or she'll try to write a letter

Wo! they don't come too often anymore



It's a hard life livin' when you're lonely

It's a long night sleepin' alone

It's a hard time waitin' for tomorrow

It's a long, long way home



I stare at the gray walls before me

I see her face in the dawn

I try to imagine our baby

I wish they would let me go home

I wish they would let me go home

I wish they would let me go home


It's a hard life livin' when you're lonely

I wish they would let me go home

It's a long night sleepin' alone

I wish they would let me go home

It's a hard time waitin' for tomorrow

I wish they would let me go home

It's a long, long way home

I wish they would let me go home

It's a long, long way home

I wish they would let me go home

Bring me and the other boys home

I wish they would let me go home

Bring me and the other boys home

I wish they would let me go home

Bring me and the other boys home