Son Of A Prison Guard

There was a mountain on the table of bills that needed paid 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 Royal Teeth 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 And Erica's a girl I liked in Georgia Alone and kept me warm in Eugene I guess my mother loved too hard Set the bar too high to the sky What's fine enough to me is just too hard For a 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 death bed, 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 Segourney is a girl I met in Brooklyn Herris got me close in New Orleans I guess my mother loved too hard Set the bar too high to the sky What's fine enough to me is just too hard For a 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 Betty is a girl I knew in Charlotte left for Sydney yesterday I guess my mother loved too hard Set the bar too high to the sky What's fine enough to me is just too hard For a son of a prison guard Whoever you are