Intro:
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Now, pretty baby, Iʼm running back home to you
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Fresh out the slammer, I know who my first call will be to
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Fresh out the slammer
Verse:
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Another summer taking cover
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Rolling thunder, he donʼt understand me
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Splintered back in winter, silent dinner, bitter he was with her in dreams
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Grey and blue and fights in tunnnels
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Handcuffed to the spell I was under
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For just one hour of sunshine
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Years of labor, locks, and ceilings
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In the shade of how he was feeling
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Itʼs gonna be alright, I did my time
Chorus:
Amaj7Dmaj7
Now, pretty baby, Iʼm running back home to you
Amaj7Dmaj7
Fresh out the slammer, I know who my first call will be to
Amaj7
Fresh out the slammer
Verse:
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Camera flashes, welcome bashes
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Get the matches, toss the ashes off the ledge
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As I said in my letters now that I know better
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I will never lose my baby again
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My friends tried but I wouldnʼt hear it
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Watched me daily disappearing
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For just one glimpse of his smile
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All those nights he kept me going
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Squirreled you into all of my poems
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Now weʼre at the starting line, I did my time
Chorus:
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Now, pretty baby, Iʼm running to the house we still wait up in
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That porch light gleams
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To the one who says Iʼm the girl of his American dreams
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And no matter what Iʼve done, it wouldnʼt matter anyway
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Ainʼt no way Iʼm gonna screw up now that I know whatʼs at stake
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Here at the park where we used to sit on childrenʼs swings
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Wearing imaginary rings
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But itʼs gonna be alright, I did my time