I know my way with a colt of steel
Now I'm here, I've made my choice
Nobody's gonna take my phone call
Nobody wants to hear my voice

By night I dream of the open prairie
By night I work breaking stones
But if I'm here, or living freely
I know I'm in this world alone

And I sing, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah

I could not stand the wrong he done me
And all my rage has brought me shame
Now all the world is two souls poorer
And everybody knows just who's to blame

So I sing, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah

Justice has tipped, tipped her scale
Gonna live out my life in the Cave Creek Jail
Live out my life
In the Cave Creek Jail

Soon I'll be hard, and gray as flint rock
Smooth and cold, without a spark
But in my heart, there's still an ember
Smoldering slowly in the dark