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MELISSA ETHERIDGE lyrics : "The Prison"

I was high and dry like the Kansas sky
If I ached for any more I knew I'd surely die
Night after night trying to get out of my skin

Day after lonely day
You'd send me back again


I have stood inside this prison
I have touched its stony walls
I know before you try to run

You gotta learn to crawl
I tried to leave it all behind me
I drove all night just to drive all day

But the walls of this prison still surround me
And I can't break away


I held you so close I thought my soul would break
But you were just a ghost
The holiest mistake

I will not be a judge or the one to set you free
I'll just keep on drivin'
And time's a friend to me


I have stood inside this prison
I have touched its stony walls

I know before you try to run
You gotta learn to crawl
I tried to leave it all behind me

I drove all night I drove all day
But the walls of this prison still surround me
And I can't break away


The sentence has been read everything is done
I wish I could say goodbye to you

Wish I could hold the sun
My eyes are dull and burnt
And they lie to me sometimes

Cause I thought I saw you cryin'

I have stood inside this prison

I have touched its stony walls
I know before you try to run
You gotta learn to crawl

I tried to leave it all behind me
In my dreams somehow I got away
But the walls of this prison still surround me

And I can't break away

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