Judge asked me how do you plead

Guilty your honor have mercy on me

Threw me inside the penitentiary

Charged me on a count of armed robbery



The punishment fits the crime

I’ll be here a while just doin' time



I ain’t lookin forward to the light of the day

They put me in the middle of a rowdy chain gang

Bloodied hands but still swingin' away

Breakin' up dirt and that Texas clay



The punishment fits the crime

I’ll be here a while just doin' time



Well two years have come two years have gone

I swear two years never felt so long

Hopin' and a prayin' for a shot at parole

Being in here's been draining my soul




The punishment fits the crime

I’ll be here a while just doin' time


The punishment fits the crime

I’ll be here a while