I'm a prisoner alone and forgotten
I'll be here until the day I die
All because when a boy I was foolish
All because I was fast with a knife
I'm a man that's doomed to be lonely
I'm a man that's doomed to be sad
I've got no name, just a number
And I've lost all the friends that I've had
If I had my life to live over
I'd travel the narrow and straight
But I'd still be at home with my loved ones
And not behind these iron gates
* Refrain
Young men when you have heard my story
Let it teach you the right from the wrong
And I know my life wasn't wasted
Writing this sad prosoner's song
* Refrain