[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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And as I got off the train way down in New Orleans
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I grabbed my hat, I put on my coat
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Reached for my spliff, yeah
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I had myself a little smoke, yeah
[Chorus]
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I was sentenced, living in detention
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Sentenced, living in detention
[Verse 2]
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And now I'm locked up in jail
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I spend my days in a cold dark prison cell
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I rest alone, I watch myself grow old
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And I don't deserve this, I just want to go home
[Chorus]
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I was sentenced, living in detention
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Sentenced, living in detention
[Verse 3]
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I should have known when I shot the man dead
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There would be a bounty, a bounty for my head, yeah
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Well I don't care that that young man's dead
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I'm just missing one thing, a good spliff to my head
[Bridge]
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I've been talking in my sleep
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I've been waking in my dreams
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I've been living in the past
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My good old faith is dead
[Chorus]
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I was sentenced, living in detention
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Sentenced, living in detention
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I was sentenced, living in detention
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Sentenced, living in detention