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
Oh... 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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